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2<i Session ) SENATE | No 213 



FUR-SEAL SKIN SALES 



LETTER FROM 
THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE 

TRANSMITTING 

IN RESPONSE TO A SENATE RESOLUTION OF APRIL 20 (CALEN- 
DAR DAY, MAY 27), 1922, A STATEMENT RELATIVE TO GOV- 
ERNMENT-OWNED ALASKA FUR-SEAL SKINS; TOTAL 
ANNUAL PAYMENTS TO THE GOVERNMENTS OF 
GREAT BRITAIN AND JAPAN SINCE 1912, UNDER 
ACT AUGUST 24, 1912, AND COPIES OF GOV- 
ERNMENT CONTRACTS FOR DRESSING 
AND DYEING FUR-SEAL SKINS 




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April 20 (calendar day, June 17), 1922. — Ordered to lie on the table 



WASHINGTON 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

1922 



In the Senate of the United States, 

April 20 {calendar day, June 20), 1922. 
Ordered, That the communication of the Secretary of Commerce, 
relative to the total number and prices of Government-owned Alaska 
fur-seal skins taken and sold, transmitted to the Senate on Saturday, 
the 17th instant, in response to Senate Resolution 287, be printed 
together with the accompanying papers, as a Senate document. 
Attest: 

George A. Sanderson, 

Secretary. 



LIBtyVRY OF CONGRESS 

SECSIVED 

'JULUlMt 

iWENTe division 



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LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 



Department of Commerce, 

Office of the Secretary, 

Washington, June 17, 1922. 

The President of the United States Senate, 

Washington, D. C. 

Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith a statement from the 
Commissioner of Fisheries in response to a resolution of the Senate of 
the United States, passed May 27, 1922, directing the Secretary of 
Commerce to furnish the Senate a statement showing the total 
number of Government-owned Alaska fur-seal skins taken, and other 
information in connection therewith, together with a complete record 
of the total annual payments made to the Governments of Great 
Britain and Japan since 1912, to January 1, 1922, inclusive, and 
copies of Government contracts made with certain fur companies 
for dressing and dyeing fur-seal skins owned by the Government. 
Yours faithfully, 

Herbert Hoover. 



FUR-SEAL SKIN SALES. 



Department of Commerce, 

Bureau of Fisheries, 

Washington, June 16, 1922. 
Subject: Senate resolution passed May 27, 1922, in regard to Govern- 
ment-owned Alaska sealskins. 

The Secretary of Commerce: In compliance with your instruc- 
tions relative to Senate resolution directing the Secretary of Com- 
merce to furnish the Senate a statement showing in detail the number 
of Government-owned Alaska fur-seal skins taken and sold, and 
other information connected therewith, there are transmitted here- 
with Statements I to XIX, showing the number of fur-seal skins 
taken annually on the Pribilof Islands, and the disposition thereof, 
together with detailed information showing time, place, number of 
skins sold, classification of skins sold, and prices obtained for each 
grade and classification. 

There are also inclosed Statements XX to XXVIII, showing the 
amounts paid the Governments of Great Britain and Japan since 1912 
to January 1, 1922, together with photostat copies of all contracts 
and supplemental agreements with Funsten Bros. & Co. and the 
Fouke Fur- Co., for dressing and dyeing fur-seal skins owned by the 
Government. In this connection attention is repectfulry called to 
the following statement of comparison of revenue received by the 
United States Government from the Pribilof Islands, Alaska, under 
leases from 1870 to 1909, and under direct management by the De- 
partment of Commerce from 1910 to 1921 : 

Comparison of revenar received by the United States Government from Pribilof Islands, 
Alaska, under leases and undi r direct manag< rra nt by the Department of Commerce. 

Under exclusive sealing rights by lease to Alaska Commercial Co., 
1870 to 1899: 

Revenue from 1,840,364 skins and lease $6, 010, 565. 00 

Expended for salaries of agents, travel, etc 202, 655. 00 

Net revenue received 5, 807, 910. 00 

Net average per skin, $3.15. 
Under exclusive rights by lease to North American Commercial Co., 
1890 to 1909: 

Revenue from 339,180 skins and lease $3, 752, 415. 00 

Expended for salaries, travel, food for natives, etc 596, 085. 00 

Net revenue received 3, 156, 330. 00 

Net average per skin, $9.30. 
Under direct management by the Department of Commerce, 1910 to 
Julv 1, 1921: 

Revenue from 101,594 skins $4, 321, 141. 03 

Expended for salaries, travel, care of natives, etc 1, 151. 596. 50 

Net revenue received x 3. 169, 544. 53 

Net average per skin, $31.20. 

1 No deductions have been made from this total for payments to Great Britain and Japan, amounting to 
$505,431.6-1 each. 

1 



2 FUR-SEAL SKIN SALES. 

• 

Under the leasing arrangements the Government received no 
revenue from the sale of fox skins from the Pribilof Islands. Under 
the direct management of the Department of Commerce since 1910 
there have been sold 5,204 fox skins, which netted the Government 
$403,759.34. 

Attention is also called to the fact that when the Alaska Commercial 
Co. leased the right to take sealskins on the Pribilof Islands, the seal 
herd was estimated to contain over 2,000,000 animals, and during the 
leasing period of 40 years the herd was so depleted as to leave only 
132,279 animals when the direct management of the islands was 
taken over, in 1910, by the Department of Commerce. From that 
date, to and including 1921, the stock has been increased to 581,453 
animals, and there are now 41,091 sealskins on hand. 

The average net price per skin received by the Government during 
the 40 years under lease is $4.11. The net increase in price per skin 
received under direct management by the Department of Commerce 
is over 600 per cent, and during this period the stock of animals and 
skins on hand, instead of being reduced, as under the leasing periods, 
has been built up and increased over 370 per cent. 

Henry O'Malley, 

Commissioner. 



Tabular statement showing receipts and disposition of fur-seal skins taken on the PrihloJ 
Islands by the Department, of Commerce, 1912 to 1921. 



Take of seal skins. 


Disposition. 


Year. 


Number. 


Sale date. 


Number 
of skins. 


Auctioneer. 


1912 


4,565 

2,406 

2, 735 

3, 947 

6,466 

8,169 

34, 890 

27, 821 

26,648 

23,671 


Jan. 17,1913 

Dec. 16,1913 

Sept. 29, 1916 
Jan 29,1917 
Apr. 18,1917 
Oct. s, L917 
Apr. 22,1918 
Oct. 7, 1918 
Apr. 28,1919 
Sept. 10, 1919 
Feb. 2, 1920 
Feb. 10,1920 
May 10,1920 
Feb. 21,1921 

Mar. 19,1921 
May 23,1921 
Sept. 28,1921 
Apr. 3, 1922 


3,773 

i 1, S96 

i 1, 900 

i 2, 000 

i 1, 500 

i 3, 239 

i 6, 100 

i 2, 000 

2 10, 102 

9,055 

9,100 

131 

3 5, 752 

10, 120 

44 
10,060 
10, 778 
12, 777 


Lampson & Co., London, 

England. 
Funsten Bros. & Co., St. 

Louis, Mo. 
Do 


1913 


1914 


Do. 


1915 


Do. 


1916 


Do. 


1917 


Do. 


1918 


Do. 


1919 


Do. 


1920 


Do. 


1921 , 


Do. 




Do. 
Do. 
Fouke Fur Co., St. Louis, 
Mo. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 


Total sold 


100, 227 

39, 964 
1,120 

7 




Unsold: 

At Fouke Fur Co 






To be dressed, dyed, etc. 








To be shipped to Fouke Fur 









Co. to dress, etc. 
For exhibition purposes. 












Total 


141,318 


141, 31S 











1 By the terms of the sealing convention of July 17, 1911, and the act of August 24, 1912, Great Britain 
and Japan, during the period suspending the killing of fur seals for commercial purposes, each received a 
loan of $10,000 per annum in lieu of any financial interest in the seals killed for food purposes. The skins 
in this sale were from seals taken for food of the natives of the Pribilof Islands and not for commercial 
purposes. 

2 Of these 10,102 skins, 3,882 were food skins of 1917 take; 1,943 were commercial skins of 1917 take, and 
4,277 were commercial skins of 1918 take. 

3 Twelve of these were food skins taken in 1917 with which the foreign countries had no financial interest 



FUR-SEAL SKIN SALES. 6 

II. 

Details of sale of 3,773 salted Pribilof Islands fur-seal shins at London, England, on 

January 17, 1913. 



Trade classification. 


Lot 
No. 


Number 

of 

skins. 


Price 
per 

skin. 


Total 
for lot. 




1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 

10 
11 
12 
13 
14 
15 
16 
17 
18 
19 
20 
21 
22 
23 
24 
25 
26 
27 
28 
29 
30 
31 
32 
33 
34 
35 
36 
37 
3S 
39 
40 
41 
42 
43 
44 
45 
46 
47 
48 


55 
54 
80 
80 
80 
80 
80 
66 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
57 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
76 
37 
56 
62 
62 
62 
81 
81 
SI 
80 
89 
89 
37 
70 
69 
70 
70 
71 
98 
97 
13 


$56. 60 
56.60 
51.23 
51.72 
51.72 
51.72 
51.72 
51.71 
41.97 
41.97 
42.94 
42.94 
43.92 
42.94 
43.42 
43. 42 

43. 42 
43.42 
43.42 
43.44 
31.72 
31.72 
31.72 
31.72 
31.72 
32.20 
31.72 
31. 72 
25.85 
38.55 
35. 13 
35.13 
35.13 
27. 3.3 
26.84 
26.84 
26.84 
20.50 
20. 50 
50.75 

44. 40 
44.40 
31.23 
31.23 
31.23 
23.42 
23.42 

5.10 


S3, 113. 00 




3, 056. 40 




4, 098. 40 


Do 


4, 137. 60 


Do.. 


4, 137. 60 


Do 


4, 137. 60 


Do.. 


4, 137. 60 


Do.. 


3, 412. 86 




3, 777. 30 


Do.. 


3,777.30 


Do 


3, 864. 60 


Do.. 


3, 864. 60 


Do.. 


3, 952. 80 


Do 


3, 864. 60 


Do.. 


3, 907. 80 


Do 


3,907.80 


Do.. 


3,907.80 


Do.. 


3,907.80 


Do.. 


3,908.70 


Do. 


2, 470. 08 




3, 172. 00 


Do. 


3, 172. 00 


Do 


3, 172. 00 


Do. 


3, 172. 00 


Do... 


31,72.00 


Do. 


3, 220. 00 


Do 


3, 172. 00 


Do.. 


2,410.72 




956. 45 




2, 158. 80 




2, 178. 06 


Do 


2, 178. 06 


Do. 


2, 178. 06 




2,213.73 


Do 


2, 174. 04 


Do. 


2, 174. 04 


Do. 


2, 147. 20 




1, 824. 50 


Do 


1, 824. 50 




1,877.75 




3, 108'. 00 


Do. 


3,063.60 




2, 186. 10 


Do. 


2, 186. 10 


Do. 


2, 217. 33 




2, 295. 16 




2,271.74 


3 smalls, 3 large pups, 2 middling pups (faulty), 5 small pups.. . 


66.30 


Total 




3,773 




141,289.58 











4 FUR-SEAL SKIN SALES. 

III. 

Details of sale of 1,898 salted Pribilof Islands fur-seal skins at St. Louis, Mo., December 

16, 1913. 



Trade classification. 


Lot 

No. 


Number 
of 

skins. 


Price 
per 
skin. 


Total 
for lot. 




1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
10 
11 
12 
13 
14 
15 
16 
17 
18 
19 
20 
21 
22 
23 
24 


41 
80 
80 
43 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
44 
100 
100 
82 
IS 
45 
88 
83 
89 
89 
80 
52 
152 


$52. 00 
40.50 
40.50 
40.00 
31.50 
33. 50 
34.00 
34.00 
32.50 
32. 50 
32.50 
34.00 
25.50 
25.50 
25.50 
26.50 
23.50 
21.50 
20. 50 
20.00 
19.00 
19.50 
15.00 
25.50 


$2, 132. 00 




3, 240. 00 


Do 


3, 240. 00 


Do 


1, 720. 00 




2, S35. 00 


Do. 


3. 015. 00 


Do... 


3, 060. 00 


Do. . . 


3, 060. 00 


Do 


2, 925. 00 


Do 


2, 925. 00 


Do 


2, 925. 00 


Do 


1,496.00 




2, 550. 00 


Do.. 


2, 550. 00 


Do... 


2,091.00 




477. 00 




1,057.50 




1,892.00 


Do 


1,701.50 




1,780.00 


Do 


1,691.00 


Do... 


1,560.00 




780. 00 


8 smalls, 36 large pups, 92 middling pups, 16 small pups 


3, 876. 00 


Total 




1,898 




54, 579. 00 











IV. 

Details of sale of 1,900 dressed, dyed, and machined Pribilof Islands fur-seal skins at 
St. Louis, September 20, 1916. 



Trade classification. 



Lot 
No. 



Number 

of 

skins. 



Price 
per 
skin. 



Total 
for lot. 



11 middlings and smalls. 

59 smalls 

11 middlings and smalls. 

59 smalls 

2 middlings 

5 middlings and smalls.. 

33 smalls 

Large pups 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Middling pups 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Small pups 

Do 



500 
501 

502 

503 
504 
505 
506 
507 
508 
509 
510 
511 
512 
513 
514 
515 
516 
517 
51 s 
519 
520 
521 
522 



Total. 



1,900 



$50. 00 
51.00 



45.00 

36.00 
37.00 
39.00 
42.00 
39.00 
40.00 
43. 00 
43.00 
36.00 
38. 00 
38.00 
39.00 
39.00 
35.00 
36.00 
36.00 
38.00 
40.00 
35.00 
36.00 



$3, 500. 00 
3, 570. 00 

1,800.00 

2, 880. 00 
2, 960. 00 
3, 120. 00 
3, 360. 00 
3, 120. 00 
3,200.00 
3, 440. 00 
3, 440. 00 
3, 240. 00 
3, 420. 00 
3, 420. 00 
3, 510. 00 
3, 510. 00 
3, 150. 00 
3, 240. 00 
3, 240. 00 
3, 420. 00 
3, 600. 00 
3, 150. 00 
3, 240. 00 

74,530.00 



FUR-SEAL SKIN SALES. 



V. 



Details of sale of 2,000 dressed, dyed, and machined Pribilof Islands fur-seal skins at 
St. Louis, Mo., January 29, 1917 . 



Trade classification. 



12 middlings, 21 middlings and smalls. 

Middlings and smalls 

Smalls 



Dc. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 



Do 

Large pups. 
Do 



Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 



Middling pups 
Do 



Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 



Lot 

No. 



3505 
3506 
3507 
3508 
3509 
3510 
3511 
3512 
3513 
3514 
3515 
35 Mi 
3517 
3518 
3519 
3520 
3521 
3522 
3523 
::524 
3525 
3520 
3527 
3528 
3529 
3530 
3531 



Small pups 

Ill — 1 middling and small 

7 smalls 

13 large pups \ 3532 

13 middling pups ! 

1 small pup J 

2 middlings and smalls 1 

7 smalls 

1-1 large pups > 3533 

12 niii Id Hug pups 

1 small pup J 

Cuts, elc: 

3 middlings and smalls ) 

7 smalls . .". 

22 large pups \ 3534 

10 middling pups 

3 small pups J 

Total 



Number 
of 

skins. 



2,000 



Price 
per 
skin. 



$60. 00 

56. 00 
50. 00 
50. 00 
50. 00 
53. 00 
55. 00 
55.00 

47 00 
49.00 
48.00 

48 00 
48.00 
48.00 
48.00 
48.00 
47.00 
47.00 
49.00 
42.00 
43.00 
45 00 
43. 00 
43. 00 
45.00 
41.00 
40. 00 



25. 00 



Total 
for lot. 



SI. 980. 00 
2, 800. 00 
3, 500. oO 
3, 500. 00 
3. 500. 00 
3,710.00 
::. 850.00 

2, 255. 00 
3,760.00 
3,920.00 
3,840.00 

3, 840. 00 
3, 840. 00 
3; 840. 00 
3, 840. 00 
:; 840.00 
3; 760. 00 
2', 162.00 

2, 205. 00 

3. 780. 00 
3; 870. 00 
4,050.00 
3, 870. 00 
3, 870. 00 
2, 295. 00 
2, 200. 00 
1,680.00 



900. 00 



2, 346. 00 



93, 678. 00 



FUR-SEAL SKIN SALES. 



VI. 



Details of sale of 1,500 dressed, dyed, and machined Pribilof Islands fur-seal skins at St. 

Louis, April 18, 1917. 



Trade classification. 



Lot 
No. 



Number 
of 

skins. 



Price 
per 
skin. 



Total 
|for lot. 



30 middlings 

26 middlings and smalls 

Middlings and smalls 

Smalls 

Do 

Do 

Large pups 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Middling pups 

Do 

Do 

Cuts, etc.: 

3 middlings 

6 middlings and smalls 

18 smalls 

24 large pups 

23 middling pups 

1 small pup 

2 middlings 

7 middlings and smalls 

IS smalls 

24 large pups 

23 middling pups 

1 small pup 

Ill — 2 middlings 

7 middlings and smalls 

20 smalls 

22 large, pups 

9 middling pups 

2 middlings 

6 middlings and smalls 

20 smalls 

21 large pups 

9 middling pups 

1 small pup 

3 middlings 

21 middlings and smalls 

Smalls 

Large pups 

Middling pups 

Cuts, etc. (11 smalls , 15 large pups). 

Total 



11100 



11101 
11102 
11103 
11104 
11105 
11106 
11107 
11108 
11109 
11110 
11111 
11112 



11113 



11116 



11117 



11118 
11119 
11120 
11121 



160. 00 



50.00 
49.00 
52. 00 
48.00 
51.00 
50.00 
47.00 
47.00 
51.00 
43.00 
42.00 
40.00 



42.00 



25.50 



57. 00 



63 



55. 00 
48.00 
39.00 
46. 00 



$3,360.00 



3, 500. 00 
3, 920. 00 
4, 160. 00 
3, 408. 00 
4, 080. 00 
4, 000. 00 
3, 760. 00 
3, 760. 00 
4, 080. 00 
3, 870. 00 
3, 780. 00 
3, 200. 00 



3, 150. 00 



1,530.00 

1,327.50 
1,36S.00 



1,500 



3, 465. 00 
3, 264. 00 
1,287.00 
1,196.00 

68, 540. 50 



FUR-SEAL SKIN SALES. 



VII. 



Details of sale of 3,239 dressed, dyed, and machined Pribilof Islands fur-seal skins at St. 
Louis, Mo., Octobers, 1917. 



Trade classification. 


Lot 
No. 


Number 

of 

skins. 


Price 
per 
skin. 


Total 
for lot. 




} ' 

2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
10 
11 
12 
13 
14 
15 
16 
17 
18 
19 
20 
21 
22 
23 
24 
25 
26 
27 
28 
29 
30 
31 
32 
33 
34 
35 
36 
37 
38 
39 

i 40 

} - 
} « 

1 r 

1 43^ 


65 

50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
80 
80 
80 
80 
80 
80 
80 
80 
80 
80 
43 
80 
80 
80 
80 
SO 
80 
80 
80 
80 
so 

80 
80 
80 
91 
80 
80 
80 
80 
80 
80 
109 
61 

65 

48 
62 
45 

80 


$43. 00 

42.00 
45. 00 
41.50 
42.50 
41.50 
33.50 

38. 50 
34. 50 

39. 00 

34. 50 
37. 50 
35. 00 
33. 00 
32. 50 
34.00 
30. 00 
28.50 

35. 50 

34. 00 
33.50 
36.00 
34.00 

35. 00 
32. 00 
34.00 

34. 50 

35. 50 
37.00 
38.00 
31.50 
32.50 
32. 00 
30.00 
32.50 
32.50 
34.50 
31.00 
32.00 

23. 50 

18.50 
17.00 
14.00 

12.00 


$2, 795. 00 






2, 100. 00 


Do 


2, 250. 00 


Do 


2, 075. 00 


Do 


2, 125. 00 


Do i. 


2,075.00 




2,680.00 


Do 


3, 0S0. 00 


Do 


2,760.00 


Do 


3, 120. 00 


Do 


2, 760. 00 


Do 


3,000.00 


Do 


2, 800. 00 


Do 


2, 640. 00 


Do. 


2,600.00 


Do. 


2, 720. 00 


Do. 


1, 290. 00 




2,280.00 


Do 


2, 840. 00 


Do. 


2, 720. 00 


Do 


2, 680. 00 


Do 


2, 880. 00 


Do. . 


2, 720. 00 


Do. 


2, 800. 00 


Do. 


2, 560. 00 


Do 


2, 720. 00 


Do. . 


2,760.00 


Do. 


2,S40.00 


Do. 


2,960.00 


Do. 


3, 040. 00 


Do 


2, 866. 50 




2,600.00 


Do 


2, 560. 00 


Do 


2,400.00 


Do 


2, 600. 00 


Do. . 


2, 600. 00 


Do 


2, 760. 00 


Do 


3, 379. 00 




1,952.00 


Faulty: 










1, 527. 50 
















888. 00 








1,054.00 










630. 00 












960. 00 










Total 




3,239 




107, 447. 00 











8 FUR-SEAL SKIN SALES. 

VIII. 

Details of sale of 6,100 dressed, di/ed, and machined Pribilof Islands fur-seal shins at 
St. Louis, Mo., April 22, 1918. 



Trade classification. 





Number 


Price 


lo. 


of 


per 


skins. 


skm. 


1 


65 


$64. 00 


2 


50 


57. or. 


3 


50 


58. 0C 


4 


50 


56. 00 


5 


50 


57. 0C 


6 


50 


56. 00 


7 


50 


40. 0C 


8 


40 


43. 0C 


9 


70 


51. 0C 


10 


70 


51. OC 


11 


70 


54. 0C 


12 


70 


56. 0C 


13 


70 


56. 00 


14 


70 


53. 0C 


15 


70 


57.00 


16 


70 


57. (HI 


17 


70 


54.00 


is 


70 


56.00 


19 


70 


53.00 


20 


60 


54.00 


21 


50 


35. 00 


22 


50 


38. on 


23 


50 


36.50 


24 


40 


37.50 


25 


80 


48.00 


26 


80 


50.00 


27 


80 


50.00 


28 


80 


51.00 


29 


80 


51.00 


30 


80 


.53. 00 


31 


80 


54. 50 


32 


80 


53. 00 


33 


80 


53. 00 


34 


80 


52.00 


35 


80 


53. 00 


36 


80 


52.00 


37 


80 


54.50 


38 


80 


52. 00 


39 


80 


53. 00 


40 


80 


52.00 


41 


80 


53. 00 


42 


80 


52. 00 


43 


80 


35. 00 


44 


80 


33.00 


45 


80 


36.00 


46 


80 


37.00 


47 


80 


36. 00 


48 


60 


37.50 


49 


90 


43. 00 


50 


90 


40. 50 


51 


90 


40. 50 


52 


90 


39.00 


53 


90 


41.50 


54 


90 


•1.00 


55 


90 


39.00 


56 


90 


40. 00 


57 


90 


41.00 


58 


90 


41.00 


59 


90 


43.00 


60 


90 


40.00 


61 


90 


43. 50 


62 


90 


45.50 


63 


90 


45.00 


64 


90 


43.00 


65 


90 


44.50 


(ill 


90 


44. 50 


67 


90 


33.00 


68 


90 


34.00 


69 


90 


31.00 


70 


90 


34.50 


71 


90 


34.50 


72 


90 


40. 00 


73 


90 


39.50 


74 


60 


38.50 


75 


60 


43.50 



Total 
for lot. 



15 wigs; 50 extra extra large 

Extra extra large 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Extra extra large, cut, scarred, etc. 

Do : 

Extra large 

Do 



Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 



Extra large, cut, scarred, etc . 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Large 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Large, cut, scarred, etc 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Mediums 

Do 



Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 



Mediums, cut, scarred, etc. 

Do . 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Small mediums 

Do 

Do 

Do 



84, 160. 00 
2, 85a 00 
2, 900. 00 
2, N00. 00 
2, 850. 00 
2, S0O. 00 

2, 000. 00 
1, 720. 00 

3, 570. 00 
3, 570. 00 
3, 7S0. 00 
3, 920. 00 
3, 920. 00 
3, 710. 00 
3, 990. 00 
3, 990. 00 

3, 7S0. 00 
3, 920. 00 
3, 710. 00 
3, 240. 00 
1,750.00 
1, 900. 00 
1,825.00 
1,500.00 
3,840.00 
4, 000. 00 
4,000.00 
4,080.00 
4, 080. 00 

4, 240. 00 
4, 360. 00 
4,240.00 
4. 240. 00 
-1. L60.00 
4,240.00 
-». 160.00 
4,360.00 
4, 160. 00 
4, 240. 00 
4, 160. 00 
4, 240. 00 
4,160.00 
2,800.00 
2, 640. 00 
2, 880. 00 

2, 960. 00 
2,880.00 
2,250.00 
3,870.00 
3,645.00 
3, 645. 00 
3, 510. 00 

3, 735. 00 
3, 690. 00 
3,510.00 
3,600.00 
3, 690. 00 
3, 690. 00 
3,870.00 
3, 600. 00 
3, 915. 00 
4,095.00 
4,050.00 
3, 870. 00 
4,005.00 
4,005.00 
2, 970. 00 
3,060.00 
2, 790. 00 
3, 105. 00 
3, 105. 00 
3, 600. 00 
3, 555. 00 
2,310.00 
2,610.00 



FUR-SEAL SKIN" SALES. 9 

Details of sale of 6.100 dressed, dyed, and machined Pribilof Islands fur-seal skins at 
St. Louis, Mo., April 22, 1918 — Continued. 



Trade classification. 



Lot 

No. 



Number 

of 

skins. 



Price 
per 
skin. 



Total 
for lot. 



Small mediums, cut, scarred, etc. 
Do 



Ill— 1 wig 

7 extra extra large . 

27 extra large 

1 wig 

6 extra extra large. 

28 extra large 

24 large 

23 mediums 

13 small mediums. 

24 large 

23 mediums 

13 small mediums . 

26 large 

26 mediums 

8 small mediums. . 
IV — 1 extra extra large. 

4 extra large 

10 large 

35 mediums 

5 small mediums . . 



Total. 



82 



$30. 00 
29.00 

35.50 
34.00 
28.00 
27.50 
26.50 

18.50 



$1,500.00 
1,450.00 

1,242.50 
1, 190. 00 
1, 680. 00 
1, 650. 00 
1,590.00 

1,017.50 



271,945.00 



IX. 

Details of sale of 2,000 dressed, dyed, and machined Pribilof Islands fur-seal shins at St. 

Louis, October 7, 1918. 



Trade classification. 



Wigs 

Extra extra large 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Extra extra large, cut, scarred, etc. 
Extra large 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Extra large, cut, scarred, etc 

Do 

Large 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Large, cut, scarred, etc 

Do 

Mediums 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Mediums, cut, scarred, etc 

Small mediums 

Do 

Small mediums, cut, scarred, etc . . . 

Ill— 3 extra extra large 

12 medium 

12 large 

3 small medium 



Total. 



Lot 

No. 



Number 

of 

skins. 



Price 
per 

skin. 



.¥75.00 
57.00 
57.0o 
57.00 
56. 00 
71.00 
42.00 
53.00 
52.00 
52.00 
60.00 
62.00 
64.00 
39.00 
43.00 
51.00 
51200 
52.00 
55.00 
60.00 
61.00 
61.00 
58.00 
40.00 
40.00 
48.00 
47.00 
47.00 
46.00 
35.00 
40.00 
3S.00 
33.00 

35.00 



Total 
for lot. 



2,000 



?2, 250. 00 
2, 850. 00 
2, 850. 00 
2, 850. 00 
2, 800. 00 

2, 130. 00 
2, 100. 00 

3, 710. 00 
3, 640. 00 

3, 640. 00 
4, 200. 00 

4, 340. 00 
2, 560. 00 
1, 365. 00 

1, 505. 00 
4, 080. 00 
4, 080. 00 
4, 160. 00 
4, 400. 00 
4, 800. 00 
4, 880. 00 
4, 880. 00 

2, 320. 00 
2, 000. 00 
2, 000. 00 
4, 320. 00 
4, 230. 00 
4, 230. 00 
4, 140. 00 
1,750.00 
1, 200. 00 
1, 140. 00 

990. 00 

1, 050. 00 



103, 440. 00 



10 



PUR-SEAL SKIN SALES. 



X. 

Details of sale of 10,102 dressed, dyed, and machined Pribilof Islands fur-seal skins at St. 
Louis, Mo., April 28, 1919. 



Trade classification. 



Lot 


Number 


Price 


No 


of 


per 




skins. 


skin. 


1 


50 


$81. 00 


2 


50 


81. 0C 


3 


50 


80. 0C 


4 


50 


82.00 


5 


50 


81.00 


6 


50 


85.00 


7 


50 


82.00 


8 


50 


84.00 


9 


50 


84.00 


10 


50 


83.00 


11 


50 


88.00 


12 


50 


60.00 


13 


50 


60.00 


14 


50 


62.00 


15 


60 


79.00 


16 


60 


77.00 


17 


60 


78.00 


18 


60 


76.00 


19 


60 


76.00 


20 


60 


76.00 


21 


60 


78.00 


22 


60 


79.00 


23 


60 


77.50 


24 


60 


76.50 


25 


60 


80.00 


26 


60 


76.00 


27 


60 


77. 50 


28 


60 


75.00 


29 


60 


77.00 


30 


60 


74.00 


31 


60 


77.00 


32 


60 


75.00 


33 


60 


75. 00 


34 


60 


76.00 


35 


60 


78.00 


36 


60 


75.00 


37 


60 


75.00 


38 


60 


75.00 


39 


60 


74.00 


40 


60 


79.00 


41 


60 


59.00 


42 


60 


57.00 


43 


60 


58. 00 


44 


60 


61.00 


45 


50 


62.00 


46 


70 


73. 00 


47 


70 


74.00 


48 


70 


76.00 


49 


70 


74.00 


50 


70 


74.50 


51 


70 


75.00 


52 


70 


76.00 


53 


70 


79.00 


54 


70 


77.00 


55 


70 


78.00 


56 


70 


75.00 


57 


70 


77.00 


58 


70 


78.00 


59 


70 


77.00 


60 


70 


78.00 


61 


50 


77.00 


62 


45 


77.00 


63 


70 


63.00 


64 


70 


65.00 


65 


70 


65.00 


66 


80 


74.00 


67 


80 


74.00 


68 


80 


80.00 


69 


80 


77.00 


70 


80 


77.00 


71 


80 


77.00 


72 


80 


77.50 


73 


80 


78.50 


74 


80 


79.50 


75 


80 


78.00 


76 


80 


80.00 


77 


80 


83.00 



Wigs. 



Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 



Do 

Do 

Do 

Wigs, cut, scarred, etc. 

Do 

Do 

Extra extra large 

Do 

Do 

Do 



Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 



Extra extra large; cut, scarred, etc. 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Extra large 

Do 



Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 



Extra large; cut, scarred, etc. 

Do... 

Do 

Large . . . 

Do '..'..'..'.'.'.'. 



Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 



FUR-SEAL SKIN SALES. 



11 



Details of sale of 10,102 dressed, dyed, and machined Pribilof Islands fur-seal skins at St. 
Louis, Mo., April 28, 1919 — Continued. 



Trade classification. 


Lot 
No. 


Number 

of 

skins. 


Price 
per 
skin. 


Total 
lor lot. 


Lar 


78 
79 
80 
81 
82 
83 
84 
85 
86 
87 
88 
89 
90 
91 
92 
93 
94 
95 
101 
102 
103 
104 
105 
106 
107 
108 
109 
110 
111 
112 
113 
114 
115 
116 
117 
118 
119 
120 
121 
122 
123 
124 
125 
126 
127 
128 
129 
130 
131 
132 
133 
134 
135 
136 
137 
138 
139 
140 
141 
142 
143 
144 
145 
146 
147 
148 
149 
150 
151 
152 
153 
154 
155 
156 
157 
158 


80 
50 
80 
80 
80 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
50 
50 
55 
45 
65 
45 
45 
45 
45 
45 
43 
55 
55 
55 
55 
55 
40 
55 
48 
70 
70 
70 
70 
70 
70 
32 
70 
70 
24 
80 
80 
80 
80 
80 
80 
80 
80 
50 
45 
80 
80 
80 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
51 
90 
90 
90 
66 
94 
74 
57 
48 
79 
87 
85 
71 
26 
57 


$81.00 
79.00 
60.00 
64.00 
65.00 
69.00 
70.50 
70.00 
75.00 
73.00 
73.00 
56.00 
58.00 
60.00 
51.00 
53.00 
48.00 
49.00 
79.00 
77.00 
78.00 
77.00 
57.00 
62. 00 
70.00 
69.00 
68.00 
69.00 
70.50 
70. 50 
69.50 
63.00 
68.00 
66.50 
70.50 
70.00 
70.00 
70.00 
72.00 
55.50 
55.50 
55.50 
61.00 
59.50 
62.00 
70.00 
69.00 
69.00 
68.00 
69.00 
67.00 
70.00 
55.00 
50.00 
50.50 
60.00 
63. 00 
62.00 
61.00 
58.50 
61.00 
59.00 
40.00 
37.00 
39.00 
40.00 
50.00 
28.00 
39.00 
40.00 
30.00 
27.50 
27.50 
23. 00 
18.00 
10.00 


$6,480.00 




3, 
4, 
5, 
5 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
5 
5 
3 
2 
2 
2, 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
2 
2 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
2 
3 
3 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
2 
3 
3 
1 
4 
4 
4 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
3 
3 
4 
4 
4 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
3 
3 
3 
3 
2 
4 
2 
2 
1 
2 
2 
2 
1 


950.00 




800.00 




120.00 




200.00 




210.00 




345.00 




300.00 




750.00 




570.00 




570.00 




040.00 




220.00 




000. 00 




550.00 




915.00 




160. 00 




185. 00 


Wigs 


555.00 


Do. 


465.00 


Do 


510.00 


Do 


465.00 




565.00 


Do 


666.00 




850.00 


Do 


795. 00 


Do 


740.00 


Do.. 


795. 00 


Do 


877. 50 


Do. . 


820.00 




822. 50 


Do 


024.00 




760. 00 


Do. . 


655. 00 


Do.. 


935. 00 


Do.. 


900. 00 


Do.. 


900. 00 


Do. 


900.00 


Do.. 


304.00 




885.00 


Do 


885.00 


Do. . 


332. 00 




880.00 


Do. 


760.00 


Do. . 


960.00 


Do 


600.00 


Do 


520.00 


Do 


520.00 


Do 


440.00 


Do 


,520.00 


Do. . . 


350. 00 


Do 


150.00 




,400.00 


"Do 


000.00 


Do 


040.00 




,400.00 


Do 


,670.00 


Do 


,580.00 


Do 


,490.00 


Do 


,265.00 


Do. 


,490.00 


Do. . . 


,009.00 




,600.00 


Do 


, 330. 00 


Do 


,510.00 


Do 


,640.00 




,700.00 




,072.00 




, 223. 00 




,920.00 


Ill large 


,370.00 




,392.50 


Do. 


,337.50 




.633.00 




468.00 




570. 00 






Total .. 




10, 102 




674.491.00 













12 



FUR-SEAL SKIN SALES. 



XI. 

Details of sale of 9,055 dressed, dyed, and machined Pribilof Island fur-seal skins at. St. 
Louis, Mo., September 10, 1919. 



Trade classification. 




Wigs 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Wigs; cut, scarred, etc. 

Do 

Extra extra large 

Do 



Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 



Extra extra large; cut, scarred, etc. 

Do 

Do 

Extra large 

Do 



Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 



Extra large; cut, scarred, etc. 

Do 

Do 

Large 

Do 

Do 



Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 



1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
10 
11 
12 
13 
14 
15 
16 
17 
IS 
19 
20 
21 
22 
23 
24 
25 
26 
27 
28 
29 
30 
31 
32 
33 
34 
35 
36 
37 
38 
39 
40 
41 
42 
43 
14 
45 
It'. 
47 
48 
49 
50 
51 
52 
53 
54 
55 
56 
57 
58 
59 
1,0 
61 
62 
63 
64 
65 
66 
67 
68 
69 
70 
71 
72 
73 
74 
75 
76 



$97. 00 
101.00 
100. 00 
101.00 
103. 00 
105. 00 
102. 00 
104.00 

106. 00 
105. 00 
115.00 

107. 50 
74.00 
77.00 

105. 00 
104. 00 
105. 00 

107. 50 
101. 00 
110.00 
109. 00 
107. 00 
107. 00 
106. 00 
109. 00 
106. 00 
110.00 

108. 00 
111.00 
111.00 
112.00 
111.00 
110.00 



60 


112.00 


60 


115.00 


60 


97.00 


60 


95.00 


no 


95.00 


70 


100.00 


70 


99.00 


70 


98. 00 


70 


101.00 


70 


102. 00 


70 


99.00 


70 


96.00 


70 


104. 00 


70 


99.00 


70 


99.00 


70 


101. 00 


70 


104.00 


70 


101. 00 


70 


109. 00 


70 


104. 50 


70 


105. 00 


70 


107.00 


70 


95.00 


70 


87.00 


50 


95.00 


80 


101. 00 


80 


100.00 


80 


101.00 


80 


100. 00 


80 


100. 00 


80 


103. 00 


80 


100. 00 


SO 


100. 00 


80 


99.00 


80 


105. 00 


80 


104. 00 


80 


102.00 


80 


101. 00 


SO 


101.00 


80 


100. 00 


80 


100.00 


SO 


101. 00 


80 


103. 00 



FUR-SEAL SKIN SALES. 



13 



Detail of sale of 9,055 pressed, dyed, and machined Pribilof Island fur-seal skins at St. 
Louis, Mo., September 10, 1919 — Continued. 



Trade classification. 


Lot 
No. 


Number 

of 

skins. 


Price 
per 

skin. 


Total 
for lot. 




77 

78 

79 

80 

81 

82 

83 

84 

85 

86 

87 

88 

89 

90 

91 

92 

93 

94 

95 

96 

97 

98 

99 

100 

101 

102 

103 

104 

105 

106 

107 

108 

109 

110 

111 

112 

113 

114 

115 

116 

117 

118 

119 

120 

121 

122 

123 

124 

125 

126 


80 
SO 
80 
80 
80 
80 
SO 
80 
80 
80 
80 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
80 
80 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
60 
90 
90 
90 
80 
70 
65 
50 
65 
55 
75 

30 


$100. 00 
102. 50 
101.00 
102. 00 
102. 00 
79.00 
81.00 
80.00 
78.00 
80.00 
82. 00 
90. 00 
85.00 
85. 00 
82.00 

82. 50 
82.00 
82.00 
83.00 

83. 00 
83.00 
83.50 
83.00 
87.00 
85.00 
83.00 
83.00 
86.00 
84.00 
82.00 
85.00 
S3. 00 
86.00 
62.00 
65.00 
67.00 
66.00 
66.00 
65.00 
66.00 
68.00 
69.00 
66. 50 
50.00 
50.00 
57.00 
61.00 
52.00 
42.00 

22.00 




Do / 


$8, 000. 00 


Do 


8, 200. 00 


Do 


8, 080. 00 


Do 


8, 160. 00 


Do 


8, 160. 00 




6, 320. 00 


Do 


6, 480. 00 


Do 


6,400.00 


Do 


6, 240. 00 


Do 


6,400.00 


Do 


6,560 00 




8,100.00 


Do 


7,650.00 


Do 


7, 650. 00 


Do 


7, 380. 00 


Do 


7,425.00 


Do 


7, 380. 00 


Do 


7,380.00 


Do 


7,470.00 


Do 


7,470.00 


Do 


7,470.00 


Do 


7,515.00 


Do 


7,470.00 


Do 


7,830.00 


Do 


7,650.00 


Do 


7,470.00 


Do 


7,470.00 


Do 


7,740.00 


Do 


7,560.00 


Do., 


7,380.00 


Do 


7,650.00 


Do 


6,640.00 


Do.... 


6,880.00 




5, 580. 00 


Do 


5, 850. 00 


Do.... 


6,030.00 


Do 


5, 940. 00 


Do... 


5,940.00 


Do... 


3,900.00 




5, 940. 00 


Do 


6, 120. 00 


Do 


6, 210. 00 


Do 


5,320.00 




3,500.00 


Do... 


3,250.00 




2, 850. 00 




3,965.00 




2,860.00 




3, 150. 00 


IV, Swigs, 3 extra extralarge, 4 extra large, 10 large, 4 mediums, 


660. 00 






Total 




9,055 




827, 112. 50 











XII. 

Details of sale of 9,100 dressed, dyed, and machined Pribilof Islands fur-seal sJcins at St. 
Louis, Mo., February 2, 1920. 



Trade classification. 


Lot 
No. 


Number 

of 

skms. 


Price 
per 


Total 
for lot. 


Wigs 


1 
2 
3 

4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 


50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 


$152. 00 
157. 00 
155. 00 
157. 00 
156. 00 
156. 00 
156. 00 
156.00 
162.00 


$7,600.00 


Do 


7, 850. 00 


Do 


7, 750. 00 


Do .* 


7, 850. 00 


Do 


7,800.00 


Do 


7,800.00 


Do 


7,800.00 


Do 


7,800.00 


Do 


8, 100. 00 



14 



FUR-SEAL SKIN SALES. 



Details of sale of 9,100 dressed, dyed, and machined Pribilof Islands fur-seal skins at St. 
Louis, Mo., February 2, 1920 — Continued. 



Trade classification. 


Lot 

No. 


Number 

of 

skins. 


Price 
per 

skin. 


Total 
for lot. 


Wigs 


10 
11 
12 
13 
14 
15 
16 
17 
18 
19 
20 
21 
22 
23 
24 
25 
26 
27 
28 
29 
30 
31 
32 
33 
34 
35 
36 
37 
38 
39 
40 
41 
42 
43 
44 
45 
46 
47 
48 
49 
50 
51 
52 
53 
54 
55 
56 
57 
58 
59 
60 
61 
62 
63 
64 
65 
66 
67 
68 
69 
70 
71 
72 
73 
74 
75 
76 
77 
78 
79 
80 
81 
82 
83 
84 
85 
86 
87 


50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
70 
70 
70 
70 
70 
70 
70 
70 
70 
70 
70 
70 
70 
70 
70 
70 
70 
70 
70 
70 
70 
80 
80 
80 
80 
SO 
80 
80 
80 
80 
80 
80 
80 


8162. 00 
163. 00 
167. 00 
169.00 

166. 00 
169. 00 
115.00 
116.00 
115. 00 
117.00 
120. 00 
118.00 

167. 00 
170. 00 

167. 00 
166. 00 
166. 00 
171. 00 
172. 00 
170. 00 
170. 00 

. 171.00 

168. 00 
167. 00 
174. 00 
170. 00 
173. 00 
171.00 
169. 00 
168. 00 
172. 00 
172. 00 
172. 00 
171.00 
171.00 
124. 00 
124. 00 
131.00 
127. 00 
130. 00 
127.00 
131.00 
130. 00 
131.00 
132. 00 
161.00 
169. 00 
173. 00 
172. 00 
170. 00 
174.00 
171.00 
173. 00 
168.00 
169. 00 
170. 00 
168. 00 
168. 00 
168. 50 
177. 00 
134.00 
130. 00 
128.00 
127. 00 
129. 00 
130. 00 
160. 00 
157.00 
164. 00 
162. 00 
162. 00 
161.00 
161. 00 
160.00 
159. 00 
160. 00 
161. 00 
162. 00 




Do . * 


$8, 100. 00 


Do 


8.150.00 


Do 


8 

8 

8 

8 

5 

5 

5 

5 

6 

5 

10 

10 

10 

9 

9 

10 

10 

10 

10 

10 

10 

10 

10 

10 

10 

10 

10 

10 

10 

10 

10 

10 

10 

7 

7 

7 

7 

7 

7 

7 

7 

7 

7 

11 

11 

12 

12 

11 

12 

11 

12 

11 

11 

11 

11 

11 

11 

12 

9 

9 

8 

8 

9 

9 

12 

12 

13 

12 

12 

12 

12 

12 

12 

12 

12 

12 


350. 00 


Do 


450. 00 


Do 


300.00 


Do 


450.00 


Wigs; cut, scarred etc 


750. 00 


Do : 


800. 00 


Do 


750. 00 


Do 


850. 00 


Do 


000.00 


Do, :.... 


900. 00 


Extra extra large 


020. 00 


Do 


200.00 


Do 


020. 00 


Do 


960. 00 


Do 


960. 00 


Do 


260. 00 


Do 


320. 00 


Do 


200. 00 


Do 


200. 00 


Do 


260. 00 


Do 


080. 00 


Do 


020. 00 


Do. 


440.00 


Do 


200.00 


Do 


380. 00 


Do 


260. 00 


Do 


140. 00 


Do 


080.00 


Do 


320.00 


Do 


320.00 


Do 


320. 00 


Do 


260. 00 


Do 


260. 00 


Extra extra large; cut, scarred, etc 


440. 00 


Do 


440.00 


Do 


860. 00 


Do 


620. 00 


Extra extra large; cut, scarred, etc 


800. 00 


Do 


620. 00 


Do 


860.00 


Do 


800.00 


Do 


860.00 


Do 


920.00 


Extra large ." 


270. 00 


Do 


830. 00 


Do 


110.00 


Do 


040.00 


Do 


900.00 


Do 


180. 00 


Do 


970. 00 


Do 


110.00 


Do 


760. 00 


Do 


830.00 


Do 


900. 00 


Do 


760. 00 


Do 


760. 00 


Do 


795. 00 


Do 


390.00 


Extra large; cut, scarred, etc 


380.00 


Do 


100.00 


Do 


960.00 


Do 


S90. 00 


Do 


030. 00 


Do 


100. 00 




800.00 


Do 


560.00 


Do 


120.00 


Do 


960. 00 


Do 


960.00 


Do 


8S0. 00 


Do 


880. 00 


Do 


800.00 


Do 


720.00 


Do 


800. 00 


Do 


880. 00 


Do 


960. 00 



FUR-SEAL SKIN SALKS. 



15 



Details of sale of 9,100 dressed, dyed, and machined Pribilof Island fur-seal skins at St. 
Louis, Mo., February 2, 1920 — Continued. 



Trade classification. 



Lot 

No. 



Number 

of 

skins. 



Price 
per 

skin. 



Total 
for lot. 



Large.. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 



Do 

Large; cut, scarred, etc. 
Do 



Large; cut. scarred, etc. 

Do.... 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Mediums.. 

Do 



Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 



Mediums; cut. scarred, etc. 
Do 



Do. 
Do. 
Do. 



Small mediums 

Do 

Small mediums; cut, scarred, etc. 
Ill wigs. 

Do. 



Ill extra extra large 

Ill — 25 extra large, 45 large 

Ill— 50 mediums, 10 small mediums 

IV — 9 wig^, 3 extra extra large, 2 extra large, 2 large, 4 mediums. 

Total 



100 
101 
102 
103 
104 
105 
106 
107 
108 
109 
110 
111 
112 
113 
114 
115 
116 
117 
118 
119 
120 
121 
122 
123 
124 
125 
126 
127 
128 
129 
130 
131 
132 



$162. 00 
161.00 
160. 00 
161.00 
160.00 
163. 00 
165. 00 
116.00 
118. 00 
116.00 
116.00 
125. 00 
115.00 
116.00 
119.00 
124.00 
12 •■. 00 
123. 00 
123.01) 
122. 00 
121.00 
121.00 
122.00 
121.00 
121.00 
121.50 
120. i») 
123.00 
122.01) 
123.00 
122.00 
100.00 
99. 00 
102. 50 
104.00 
105. 00 
90.00 
90. 00 
70.00 
71.00 
71.00 
82.00 
64. 00 
57.00 
56. 00 



812,960.00 
12, 880. 00 
12, 800. 00 
12, 880. 00 
12,800.00 
13,040.00 
13,200.00 
9,280.00 
9, 440. 00 
9,280.00 
9, 280. 00 
10.000.00 
9, 200. 00 
9, 280. 00 
' 9. 520. 00 
11,160.00 
11,340.00 
11,070.00 
11,070.00 
10, '.ISO. on 
10,. Slid. 00 

lo, 890. 00 
10,980.00 
10,890.00 
10,890.00 
10,935.00 
10,800.00 
11,070.00 

10, OSO.O" 

11,070.00 

10,980.00 

9,000.00 
8, 910. 00 
9, 225. 00 
9,330.00 
9, 150.00 
8, 100.00 
5, 400. 00 
6,300.00 
3, 550. 00 
3,550.00 
4, 920. 00 
4, ISO. 00 
3,420.00 
1,120.00 



9,100 11,282,905.00 



XIII. 

St. Louis, December 11, 1919. 
Mr. H. M. Smith, 

Commissioner, Department of Commerce, 

Bureau of Fisheries , Washington, D. C. 
Dear Sir: Please refer to your letter dated November 13 bearing upon previous 
exchange of correspondence between our respective offices in regard to the so-called 
food skins remaining unsold after the April, 1919, sale. 

With reference to the spoiled skins, there being 17 of these out of the 31, the remain- 
der of which are samples of work of our dressing and dyeing department at different 
periods, which we desire to obtain for exhibition, and on which we offer a price of 
$80 per skin. 

This figure has been arrived at on the basis of the purchase price these skins brought 
at the last sale, which basis we think is more fair. 
Kindly advise us if this figure is satisfactory, and we will mail you our check to cover . 
Yours very truly, 

Funsten Bros. & Co. 



16 



FUR-SEAL SKIN SALES. 



December 20, 1919. 
Messrs. Funsten Bros. & Co., St. Louis, Mo. 

Gentlemen: In reply to your letter (BG-MK) of December 11, 1919, in regard to 
the 31 food skins, 17 of which were spoiled, and the others were prepared for exhibi- 
tion or as samples of your work, your offer of $80 per skin is accepted. 
Very truly yours, 

H. M. Smith, Commissioner. 

XIV. 

Details of sale of 5,752 dressed, dyed, and machined Pribilof Islands fur-seal shins at St. 

Louis, Mo., May 10, 1920. 



Trade classification. 


Lot 
No. 


Number 

of 

skins. 


Price 
per 

skin. 


Total 
for lot. 


Wigs 


1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
10 
11 
12 
13 
14 
15 
16 
17 
18 
19 
20 
21 
22 
23 
24 
25 
26 
27 
28 
29 
30 
31 
32 
33 
34 
35 
36 
37 
38 
39 
40 
41 
42 
43 
44 
45 
46 
47 
48 
49 
50 
51 
52 
53 
54 
55 
56 
57 
58 
59 
60 
til 
62 
63 
64 
65 
66 
07 


50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
.60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
30 
70 
70 
70 
70 
70 
70 
70 
70 
70 
70 
70 
70 
70 
70 
80 
80 
80 
80 
80 
80 
80 
80 
SO 
80 
SO 
80 
40 
80 
80 
80 
80 
SO 
70 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 


$125.00 
125. 00 
123.00 
123.00 
122.00 
79.00 
72.00 
78.00 
79.00 
124. 00 
121.00 
120.00 
117.00 
113.00 
114.00 
112.00 
112.00 
111.00 
115.00 
90.00 
79.00 
72.00 
67.00 
64.00 
64.00 
64.00 
108.00 
98. 00 
93. 00 
92.00 
92.00 
91.00 
91 . 00 
93. 00 
93.00 
05. 00 
60.00 
60. 00 
59. 00 
59.00 
92. 00 
86.00 
S4.00 
83.00 
81.00 
82.00 
81.00 
81.00 
81.00 
81.00 
SI. 00 
80.00 
SI. 00 
57.00 
52.00 
50.00 
50.00 
49.00 
49.00 
71.00 
68.00 
05. 00 
66. 00 
63.00 
65. 00 
64. 00 
66.00 


$6. 250. 00 


Do 


6 
6 
6 
6 
3 
3 
3 
3 

7 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
5 
4 
4 
4 
3 
3 
1 
7 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
7 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
(i 
6 

6 
6 
6 
3 
4 
4 
4 
4 
3 
3 
6 
6 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 


250. 00 


Do 


150. 00 


Do 


150. 00 


Do 


100. 00 




950. 00 


Do 


600.00 


Do 


900. 00 


Do 


050.00 




440. 00 


Do 


260. 00 


Do 


200. 00 


Do 


020. 00 


Do 


780. 00 


Do 


S40. 00 


Do 


720. 00 


Do 


; 20. oo 


Do 


660. 00 


Do .. 


900. 00 




400. 00 


Do 


740. 00 


Do 


320. 00 


Do 


020. 00 


Do 


840. 00 


Do... 


840. 00 


Do 


920.00 




560.00 


Do - 


SCO. 00 


Do 


510. 00 


Do 


440. 00 


Do 


440. 00 


Do . 


370. 00 


Do 


370. 00 


Do 


510. 00 


Do 


510. 00 




550. 00 


Do 


200.00 


Do . 


200. 00 


Do... 


130. 00 


Do 


130. 00 




360. 00 


Do... 


880. 00 


Do... 


720. 00 


Do... 


640. 00 


Do... 


480. 00 


Do. . 


560. 00 


Do 


480. 00 


Do 


480/00 


Do 


4S0. 00 


Do 


480.00 


Do 


480. 00 


Do 


400. 00 


Do 


240. 00 




560. 00 


Do 


100. 00 


Do 


000. 00 


Do 


000. 00 


Do 


920. 00 


Do 


430. 00 




390. 00 


Do l 


120. 00 


Do 


850. 00 


Do 


940. 00 


Do 


670.00 


Do 


850. 00 


Do 


700. 00 


Do 


5, 940. 00 



FUR-SEAL SKIN SALES. 



17 



Details of sale of 5,752 dressed, dyed, and machined Pribilof Islands fur-seal skins at St. 
Louis, Mo., May 19, 1920 — Continued. 



Trade classification. 



Mediums; cut, scarred, etc. 

Do 

Do 



Do 

Do 

Small mediums 

Small mediums: scarred, etc. 
Ill wigs. 

Do '.. 



Do 

Ill extra extra large 

Ill extra large 

Ill large 

Ill mediums 

III small mediums 

IV wigs 

IV, 3 extra extra large, 19 extra large, 10 large, 10 mediums, 8 

small mediums 

Skins, 4 extra large, 4 large, 3 mediums, 1 small medium 



Total. 



Lot 
No. 



Number 

of 

skins. 



5,752 



Price 
per 
skin. 



$50. 00 
45. 00 
44.00 
44 00 
4 .00 
55.00 
39. 00 
40.01) 
41.00 
41.00 
37.00 
37.00 
36.00 
25.00 
19.00 
10.00 

21.00 
53.00 



Total 
for lot. 



£4,500.00 
4, 050. 00 
3,900.00 
3,980.00 

>.I40.0I) 

4,950.00 
2,730.00 

2,000.00 
2,050.00 
2, 050. 00 
1,850.00 
2, 220. 00 
2, 160. 00 
1,820.00 
570. 00 
500. 00 

1,050.00 
636.00 



124, L66.O0 



XV. 

Details of sale of 10,120 dressed, dyed, and machined Pribilof Islands fur-seal skin* at 
St. Louis, Mo., on February 11, 1921. 



Trade classification. 



Wig 



Wigs, cut, scarred, etc. 

Extra extra large 

Do. 



Exl ra extra large, cut, scarred, etc. 

Extra large 

. Do 



Do. 



Extra large, cut, scarred, etc. 
Large 



Do. 
Do. 



Do. 
Do. 
Do. 



Do 

Large; cut, scarred, etc. 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Medium 



Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 



Medium: cut, s arred, etc. 
Do 



Small, medium 

Small: cut, s aired, etc. 
Ill \\ lgs 



Do 

Do 

Do 

Ill, 45 extra extra large; 25 extra large. 



Lot 
No. 



Number 

of 

skins. 



Price 
per 

skin. 



50 


860. 00 


50 


58.00 


50 


37.00 


60 


56.00 


60 


61.00 


60 


41.00 


71! 


55.00 


70 


54.00 


70 


57.00 


70 


54.00 


70 


31.00 


80 


52.00 


80 


51. 00 


80 


49.00 


80 


IS. Ill i 


80 


49. 00 


80 


46.00 


80 


46.00 


80 


47. 00 


80 


47.00 


so 


27.50 


80 


27.00 


80 


28.50 


80 


29.00 


90 


39.50 


90 


40.00 


90 


42.00 


00 


39.50 


90 


40.00 


90 


40. 00 


90 


40.50 


90 


30.00 


90 


29. 00 


90 


29.00 


60 


36.00 


40 


27.00 


50 


21.00 


50 


16 50 


50 | 


17. 00 


50 


19.50 


70 | 


20.50 



Total 
for lot. 



S !, 000. 00 
2, 900. 00 
1,850.00 
3, 360. 00 
3, 660. 00 
2,460.00 

3, S50. 00 
3.7SO.IHI 
3; 990 00 
3, 780. 00 
2,170.00 

4, 160. 00 
4,080.00 
3, 920. 00 
3. 840. 00 
3. 920. 00 
3,680.00 
3,680.00 
3,760.00 
3, 760 00 
2, 200. 00 
2, 160. 00 

2, 280. 00 
2, 320. 00 
3. 555. 00 
3; 600. 00 

3, 780. CO 
3,555.00 
3, 000. 00 
3, 600 00 
3, 045. 00 
2, 700. 00 
2,610.00 
2,6 00 
2, L60.00 
1,080.00 
1,1)511.01) 

825.00 

850.00 

075.00 

1,435.00 



18 FUR-SEAL SKIN SALES. 

Details of sale of 10,120 dressed, dyed, and machined Pribilof Islands fur-seal slcins at 
St. Louis, Mo., on February 21, 1921 — Continued. 



Trade classification. 



III large 

Ill, 50 medium; 10 small medium. 

IV wis 



Do. 
Do. 
Do. 



Do 48 

IV Wigs (one confiscated skin not from Pribilof Islands) 49, 50 

51 



Wigs. 



Do. 
Do. 
Do. 



Do 

Wigs, cut, scarred, etc. 
Do. 



Extra extra large. 
Do 



Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 



Exti a extra large; cut, scarred, etc. 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Extra large 

Do 



Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 



Extra large; cut, scarred, etc. 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Large 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

'Large, cut, scarred, etc 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Medium 

Do -. 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 



Lot 
No. 




90 

91 

92 

93 

94 

95 

96 

97 

98 

99 

100 

101 

102 

103 

104 

105 

106 

107 

10S 

109 

110 

111 

112 

113 

114 

115 

116 

117 

118 

119 

120 

121 



$19.00 
20.00 
10.00 
7.50 
8.00 
10.00 
9.50 
9.00 
55. 50 
55.00 
55.00 
56.00 
55. 00 
35.00 
32.00 
51. 00 
50.50 
48.00 
50.00 
50.00 
48.50 
47.00 
47.50 
47.50 
47.50 
51. 50 
51.50 
54.00 
55.00 
30. 50 

30. 50 
29.50 
31.50 
29.50 
32.50 
49.00 
48.00 
49.00 
51.50 
50.00 
51.50 
50.50 
55.00 
54. 00 
53.50 
26.00 
27.00 

29. 00 
31.00 
31.00 

31. 00 
31. 00 
48. 00 
50. 00 
49.00 
50.00 
49.50 
50.50 
50.00 
49.50 
50. 00 
50.00 
51.50 
27.50 

28. 00 
30.00 

30. 00 
29.00 
28.50 

29. 50 
30.00 
29.50 
28.50 
40.50 
41.00 
40.00 
42.00 
41.00 
41.00 



FUR-SEAL SKIN SALFS. 



19 



Details of sale of 10,120 dressed, dyed, and machined Pribilof Islands fur-seal skins at 
St. Louis, Mo., on February 21, 1921 — Continued. 



s 



Trade classification. 


Lot 

No. 


Number 

of 

skins. 


Price 
per 
skin. 


Total 
for lot. 




122 
123 
124 
125 
126 
127 
128 
129 
130 
131 
132 
133 
134 
135 
136 
137 
138 
139 
140 
141 
142 
143 
144 
145 
146 
117 
148 
149 
150 
151 
152 
153 
154 
155 


90 
90 
90 
90 
74 
63 
72 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
60 
60 
60 
40 
70 
62 
80 
50 
44 
90 
60 
52 
27 
50 
50 
30 
32 
56 
60 
51 
21 


$23. 50 

27.00 

27.50 

26.50 

26.00 

37.00 

20.50 

16.50 

16. 50 

12.50 

12.50 

12.50 

12.50 

13,50 

14.00 

14.00 

14.00 

13. 50 

14.00 

12.50 

11. 50 

12.00 

12.00 

13. 50 

13. 50 

13.00 

7.50 

7.00 

8.50 

7.00 

8.50 

7.50 

7.00 

4. 00 


$2,115.0q 

2, 430. 00 


Do 


Do 


2. 475. 00 


Do 


2, 385 00 


Do 


1,921.00 




2,331.00 
1,470.00 






825. 00 


Do 


825. 00 


Do 


02.-.. (10 


Do 


625. 00 


Do 


625. 00 


Do 


625. 00 




SI 0.00 


Do 


840. 00 


Do 


840. 00 


Do 


560. 00 




945. 00 


Do 


868. 00 




1. 000. 00 


Do 


' 575. 00 


Do 


528. 00 




1, 0S0. 00 


Do 


810. 00 


Do 


702. 00 




351. 00 




375. 00 


Dc 


350. 00 


Do 


255. 00 


Do... 


224. 00 




476. 00 
450. 00 




357.00 


Skins 


84.00 






Total 




10, 120 




355, 689. 00 









XVI. 

St. Louis, March 15, 1921. 
Hon. H. M. Smith, 

Commissioner of Fisheries, 

Washington, D. C. 
Dear Doctor Smith: Replying to your letter of February 4, addressed to Funsten 
Bros. & Co., in reference to the 19 skins which we are holding as exhibits of work done, 
also for reference purposes in experiments, we suggest that we remit for these to the 
Government at $35.14 per skin, the average price established at our recent sale, we 
to pay the dressing and dyeing charges. 

We anticipated handling 100 skins of the 1919 catch for exhibition purposes, but 
so far have only put through 25 skins for this purpose. We suggest that we remit for 
these to the Government at $35.14 per skin, we to pay the dressing and dyeing charges. 
It is more costly to us to prepare these skins in this manner, but we would be willing 
to charge only $15 per skin for the dressing and dyeing and dispose of them to retailers 
of sealskins at $50 per skin. At this price we believe we could interest a number of 
retailers in different parts of the country, and we are confident that these exhibition 
skins will do much to create an interest in and a demand for Alaska fur seal skins 
which will redound to the benefit of the Government. As stated above, we have only 
finished 25 skins, but if they meet with the demand we expect them to we shall then 
want 75 more or as many as the trade can use for exhibition purposes. 

We have contracted for page 1 in the Fur Trade Review for a year, and the space 
shall be used to advertise Alaska sealskins and to urge a more general use of them. 
In addition to this we expect to do other circular advertising provided we have a 
large enough catch of sealskins each year. We hope to materially increase the demand 
for Alaska sealskins. 

Awaiting your reply, we are very truly yours, 

Fouke Fur Co., 

P. B. Fouke, President. 



20 



FUR-SEAL SKIN SALES. 



March 19, 1921. 
Gentlemen: In reply to your letter of the 15th instant, stating that you wish to 
purchase 19 fur-seal skins of the 1918 take and 25 of the 1919 take, which have been 
prepared as exhibition skins, at the rate of $35.14, the average price established at 
the recent sale, you are advised that this price is acceptable to the department. This 
is with the understanding that the Government will not, as stated by you, be put to 
any expense for dressing and dyeing the skins. In order that transactions involving 
skins of the respective years may be handled properly, please make separate remit- 
tances for the 1918 and 1919 takes of skins. 

The department notes with interest that you plan to dispose of the 25 skins to 
retailers for publicity purposes. It is believed that your plans for advertising Alaska 
fur-seal skins will do much toward stimulating the demand, and that results will be 
most gratifying to all concerned. 
Respectfully, 

E. F. Sweet, 
Assistant Secretary of Commerce. 
Fouke Fur Co., 

St. Louis, Mo. 

XVII. 

Details of sale of 10,060 dressed, dyed, and machined Pribilof Islands fur-seal skins at 
St. Louis, Mo., on May 23, 1921. 



Trade classification. 



Wigs. 



Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 



Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Wigs, cut, scarred, etc. 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Extra extra large 

Do 

Do 

Do 



Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 



Extra extra large; cut, scarred, etc. 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Extra large 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 



Lot 


Number 

of 

skins. 


Price 


Total 


No. 


skin. 


for lot. 


1 


50 


$46. 00 


$2,300.00 


2 


50 


42.00 


2, 100. 00 


3 


50 


42.00 


2, 100. 00 


4 


50 


41.00 


2, 050. 00 


5 


50 


44.00 


2, 200. 00 


6 


50 


45.00 


2, 250. 00 


7 


50 


45.00 


2, 250. 00 


8 


50 


43. 00 


2, 150. 00 


9 


50 


42.00 


2, 100. 00 


10 


50 


45.00 


2, 250. 00 


11 


50 


47.00 


2, 350. 00 


12 


50 


46.00 


2,300.00 


13 


50 


46.00 


2,300.00 


14 


50 


47.00 


2, 350. 00 


15 


50 


28.00 


1,400.00 


16 


.50 


29.00 


1, 450. 00 


17 


50 


27.00 


1, 350. 00 


IS 


50 


26.00 


1, 300. 00 


19 


50 


26.00 


1,300.00 


20 


50 


26.00 


1,300.00 


21 


50 


28.00 


1, 400. 00 


22 


50 


28. 00 


1, 400. 00 


23 


50 


28. 00 


1, 400. 00 


24 


50 


28.00 


1, 400. 00 


25 


50 


28. 00 


1, 400. 00 


26 


50 


28.00 


1,400.00 


27 


50 


29.00 


1, 450. 00 


28 


50 


30. 00 


1,500.00 


29 


60 


54.00 


3, 240. 00 


30 


60 


56.00 


3,360.00 


31 


60 


53.00 


3,180.00 


32 


60 


55.00 


3,300.00 


33 


60 


56.00 


3,360.00 


34 


60 


56.00 


3,360.00 


35 


60 


56.00 


3,360.00 


36 


60 


58.00 


3, 480. 00 


37 


60 


57.00 


3, 420. 00 


38 


60 


56.00 


3, 360. 00 


39 


60 


34.00 


2, 040. 00 


40 


60 


35. 00 


2, 100. 00 


41 


60 


37.00 


2, 220. 00 


42 


60 


37.00 


2, 220. 00 


43 


70 


48.00 


3,360.00 


44. 


70 


48. 00 


3, 360. 00 


45 


70 


50.00 


3,500.00 


46 


70 


50.00 


3, 500. 00 


47 


70 


49. 00 


3, 430. 00 


48 


70 


49. 00 


3, 430. 00 


49 


70 


49.00 


3, 430. 00 


50 1 


70 


50.00 


3, 500. 00 



FUR-SEAL SKIN SALES. 



21 



Details of sale of 10,060 dressed, dyed, and machined Pribilof Islands fur-seal ekins at 
St. Louis, Mo., on May 23, 1921 — Continued. 



Trade classification. 




Number 

of 

skins. 



Price 
per 

skin. 



Total 
for lot. 



Extra large 

Do 

Do 

Extra large; cut, scarred, etc. 

Do ! 

Do 

Do 

Large 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Large; cut, scarred, etc 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Medium , 

Do 



Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 



Medium: cut, scarred, etc 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Small medium 

Do 

Do 

Small medium; cut, scarred, etc. 
Ill wigs 

Do 

Do 



100 
101 
102 
103 
104 
105 
106 
107 
IDS 
109 
110 
111 
112 
113 
114 
115 
116 
117 
118 
119 
120 
121 
122 
123 
124 
125 
126 
127 
128 



80 



Sol. 00 
52.00 
33.50 
34.50 
35.00 
36.00 
41.00 
42.00 
42. 00 
43.00 
43.00 

42. 00 
42.00 

43. 00 
43.00 
43.00 
44.00 
44.00 
44.00 
43.00 
43.00 
45.00 
45.50 
44.00 
44.00 
44.00 
44.50 
44.00 
45.00 
44.00 
34.00 
34.00 
33. 50 
34.00 
33.50 
34.00 
34.00 
36. 50 
35. 50 
36.00 
35.50 
37.00 
36.00 
34.00 
34.00 
34.50 
35.00 
34.50 
34.00 
35.00 
33. 50 
34.50 
35. 00 
35. 50 
33. 00 
33.50 
33. 50 
33.50 
33. 50 
33.00 
33.00 
33. 00 
27.00 
27.50 
27.00 
28.50 
27.50 
27.50 
28. 50 
28. 50 
28.50 
27.00 
28. 00 
30.00 
25.00 
12.50 
16.00 
13.50 



S3, 570. CO 
3, 640. 00 
2,345.00 
2,415.00 
2, 450. 00 
2, 520. 00 
3, 280. 00 
3,360.00 
3, 360. 00 
3,440.00 
3, 440. 00 
3,360.00 
3, 360. 00 
3, 440. 00 
3,440.00 
3,440.00 
3,520.00 
3, 520. 00 
:,520.00 
3,440.00 
3, 440. 00 
3,600.00 
3,640.00 
3, 520. 00 
3, 520. 00 
3, 520. 00 
3,560.00 
3, 520. 00 
3,600.00 
3,520.00 
2,720.00 
2, 720. 00 
t, 680. 00 
2,720.01) 
2,680.00 
2, 720. 00 
2, 720. 00 
2,920.00 
2,840.00 
2,880.00 
2,840.00 
3, 330. 00 
3,240.00 
3, 060. 00 
3,000.00 
3, 105. 00 
3, 150 00 
3, 105. 00 
3,060.00 
3, 150. 00 
3,015.00 
3, 105. 00 
3, 150. 00 
3,195.00 

2, 970. 00 
3,015.00 

3, 015. 00 
3, 015. 00 
3, 015. 00 
2, 970. 00 
2, 970. 00 
2, 970. 00 
2, 430. 00 
2, 475. 00 
2, 430. 00 
2, 565. 00 
2,475.00 
2, 475. 00 
2, 565. 00 
2, 565. 00 
2, 565. 00 
2, 430. 00 
2, 520. 00 
2, 100. 00 
2, 000. 00 

625.00 
800. 00 
675. 00 



22 



FUR-SEAL SKIN SALES. 



Details of sale of 10,080 dressed, dyed, and michined Pribihf Islands fur-seal skins at 
St. Louis, Mo., on May 23, 1921 — Continued. 



Trade classification. 


Lot 
No. 


Number 
of 

skins. 


Price 
per 
skin. 


Total 
for lot. 


Ill Wigs 


129 
130 
131 
132 
133 
134 
135 
136 
137 
138 
139 
140 
141 
142 
143 
144 


50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
70 
90 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 


?13.00 

13.00 

13.00 

13.00 

13.50 

13.50 

13.50 

13.50 

13. 50 

24.50 

18.50 

4.50 

4.50 

5.50 

5.50 

5.00 




Do 


$650. 00 


Do. . 


650. 00 


Do. . 


650.00 


Do 


650. 00 


Do 


675.00 


Do i 


675. 00 


Do 


675.00 


Do 


675.00 


Do 


675.00 




1,715.00 




1,665.00 




225. 00 


Do 


225. 00 


Do 


275.00 


Do 


275. 00 


Do 


250. 00 






Total 




10, 060 




359, 715. 00 











XVIII. 

Details of sale of 10,778 dressed, dyed, and machined Pribilof Islands fur-seal skins at 
St. Louis, Mo., on September 28, 1921. 



Trade classification. 


Lot 

No. 


Number 

of 

skins. 


Price 
per 
skin. 


Total 
for lot. 




1 

2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
10 
11 
12 
13 
14 
15 
16 
17 
18 
19 
20 
21 
22 
23 
24 
25 
26 
27 
28 
29 
30 
31 
32 
33 
34 
35 
36 
37 
38 
39 
40 
41 
42 
43 
44 


50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
.50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
30 
60 
60 
60 
60 
70 
70 
70 
70 


$36. 00 
35. 00 
39.00 
36.00 
38.00 
36.00 
39.00 
37.00 
35. 00 
38.00 
39.00 
41.00 
38.00 
39. 00 
23.00 
23.00 
23.00 
25. 00 
25.00 
24.50 
25.50 
26.00 
27.50 
25.00 
27.00 
27.00 
54.00 
52.00 
54.00 
52.00 
54.50 
54.00 
55.50 
55.00 
55.00 
53.00 
33.00 
34.50 
36.00 
36.50 
42.50 
43.00 
44.50 
43.50 


$1,800.00 


Do 


1,750.00 


Do 


1, 950. 00 


Do 


1, 800. 00 


Do 


1, 900. 00 


Do 


1,800.00 


Do 


1,950.00 


Do 


1,850.00 


Do 


1,750.00 


Do 


1, 900. 00 


Do 


1, 950. 00 


Do 


2,050.00 


Do 


1, 900. 00 


Do 


1, 950. 00 


Wigs, cut 


1,150.00 


Do 


1, 150. 00 


Do 


1,150.00 


Do 


1,250.00 


Do 


1,250.00 


Do 


1,225.00 


Do 


1 , 275. 00 


Do 


1,300.00 


Do 


1,375.00 


Do 


1,250.00 


Do 


1,350.00 


Do 


1,350.00 




3,240.00 


Do 


3,120.00 


Do 


3, 240. 00 


Do 


3, 120. 00 


Do 


3, 270. 00 


Do 


3.240.00 


Do 


3,330.00 


Do 


3,300.00 


Do 


3, 300. 00 


Do 


• 1,590.00 




1,980.00 


Do 


2,070.00 


Do 


2, 160. 00 


Do 


2, 190. 00 




2,975.00 


Do 


3,010.00 


Do 


3,115.00 


Do 


3,045.00 



FUR-SEAL, SKIN SALES. 



23 



Details of sale of 10,778 dressed, dyed, and machined Pribilof Islands fur-seal skins at 
St. Louis, Mo., September 28. 1921 — Continued. 



Trade classification. 


Lot 
No. 


Number 

of 

skins. 


Price 
per 
skin. 


Total 
for lot. 




45 
46 
47 
48 
49 
50 
51 
52 
53 
54 
55 
56 
57 
58 
59 
60 
61 
62 
63 
64 
65 
66 
67 
68 
69 
70 
71 
72 
73 
74 
75 
76 
77 
78 
79 
80 
81 
82 
83 
84 
85 
86 
87 
88 
89 
90 
91 
92 
93 
94 
95 
96 
97 
98 
99 
100 
101 
102 
103 
104 
105 
106 
107 
108 
109 
110 
111 
112 
113 
114 
115 
116 
117 
118 
119 
120 
121 
122 
123 


70 
70 
70 
70 
70 
70 
70 
70 
70 
50 
70 
70 
70 
70 
70 
80 
80 
80 
80 
80 
80 
80 
80 
80 
80 
80 
80 
80 
80 
80 
80 
80 
80 
80 
80 
80 
80 
80 
80 
80 
80 
40 
SO 
80 
SO 
80 
80 
80 
80 
80 
80 
80 
80 
80 
60 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 


£45. 50 
44.00 
48.00 
46.00 
47.00 
49.00 
48.50 
47.50 
47.50 
46.00 
34.00 
33.50 
34.00 
33.50 
34.50 
42.50 
41.00 
42.50 
41.00 
39.50 
40.00 
41.00 
39.00 
39.00 
38.00 
39.00 
40.50 
38.50 
38.00 
38. 00 
37.50 
39.00 
39.00 
37. 50 
37.50 
37.50 
38. 00 
39.00 
38.00 
38.00 
43. 00 
39.00 
30.00 
30.00 
30.00 
30.00 
31.50 
31.50 
31.00 
31.00 
31.50 
31.50 
31.00 
31.50 
30.50 
31.00 
30.00 
30.50 
30.00 
30.50 
30. 00 
30.00 
29.50 
29.00 
29.00 
28.00 
29.50 
30.00 
30.00 
29.50 
30.00 
22.00 
22.00 
22.00 
22.50 
22.00 
22.00 
22.00 
22.00 


S3, 185. 00 


Do 


3, 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3, 
3 
3 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
1 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
1 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
1 
1 
1 
2 
1 
1 
1 
1 


080. 00 


Do 


360. 00 


Do. 


220. 00 


Do... 


290. 00 


Do.... 


430. CO 


Do 


255. 00 


Do. 


325. 00 


Do.... 


325. 00 


Do.... 


300. 00 




380. 00 


Do. . 


345. 00 


Do 


380. 00 


Do... 


345. 00 


Do 


415. 00 




100. 00 


Do 


2S0. 00 


Do 


400. 00 


Do 


280.00 


Do 


160. 00 


Do 


200. 00 


Do 


280. 00 


Do 


120. 00 


Do 


120. 00 


Do 


040. 00 


Do 


120. 00 


Do ... . 


240. 00 


Do 


0S0. 00 


Do... 


040. 00 


Do 


040. 00 


Do 


000. 00 


Do 


120. 00 


Do 


120. 00 


Do 


000. 00 


Do 


000. 00 


Do... 


000. 00 


Do 


040.00 


Do 


120. 00 


Do 


040. 00 


Do 


040. 00 


Do 


440. 00 


Do 


560. 00 




400. 00 


Do 


400. 00 


Do 


400. 00 


Do 


400. 00 


Do 


520. 00 


Do 


520. 00 


Do 


4S0. 00 


Do 


480. 00 


Do 


520. 00 


Do 


520. 00 


Do 


480. 00 


Do 


520. 00 


Do 


830. 00 




, 790. 00 


Do 


700. 00 


Do 


,745.00 


Do 


700.00 


Do 


, 745. 00 


Do 


700. 00 


Do 


700. 00 


Do 


,655.00 


Do 


610.00 


Do 


610.00 


Do 


520. 00 


Do 


655.00 


Do 


700. 00 


Do 


700. 00 


Do 


655. 00 


Do 


700.00 




980. 00 


Do 


980. 00 


Do 


980.00 


Do 


025.00 


Do 


980.00 


Do 


980. 00 


Do 


980. 00 


Do 


980.00 



24 



FUR-SEAL SKIN SALES. 



Dei ills of sale of 10,778 dressed, dyed, and machined Pribilof Islands fur-seal skins at 
St. Louis, Mo., on September 28, 1921 — Continued. 



Trade classification. 



Lot 
No. 



Number 

of 
skins. 



Price 

per 
skin. 



Total 
for lot. 



Meaium, cut 

Do 

Small medium 

Do 

Small medium: cut. 
Ill wi^s 

Do 



Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 



Ill, 14 extra extra large; 30 extra large. 

III Large 

HI medium 

IV wigs 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Culls and rejects, dressed, dyed, etc 

Do 

Culls and rejects, dressed and dyed 

Do 



Total. 



124 
125 
126 
127 
128 
129 
ISO 
131 
132 
133 
134 
135 
136 
137 
138 
139 
140 
141 
142 
143 
144 
145 
146 
147 
149 
149a 
149b 
149c 



90 
90 
60 
60 
95 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
44 
58 
66 
50 
50 
50 
50 
250 
250 
100 
100 



10,77S 



$22. 50 
23. 50 
26.00 
27. 00 
20.00 
16.00 
15.50 
15.00 
14.50 
15.50 
16.00 
15.50 
15. 00 

15. 50 

16. 00 
16.00 
16.50 
21). DO 
16. 50 
15.00 

8.00 
8.00 
6.50 
7.00 
2.00 
2.10 
1.00 
.50 



82,025.00 
2,115.00 
1,560.00 
1,620.00 
1,800.00 
800.00 
775. 00 
750. 00 
725. 00 
775. 00 
800. 00 
775. 00 
750. 00 
775. 00 
800. 00 
800. 00 
825. 00 
8S0. 00 
957. 00 
990. 00 
400. 00 
400.00 
325. 00 
350. 00 
500.00 
525.00 

ioo.oo 

50. 00 



333, 772. 00 



XIX. 



Details of sale of 12,777 dressed, dyed, and machined Pribilof Islands fur-seal skins u 
St. Louis, Mo., on April 3, 1922. 

[Official returns on this sale have not been received, but the prices herein are believed to be correct.] 



Trade classification. 


Lot 
No. 


Number 

of 

skins. 


Price 
per 
skin. 


Total 
for lot. 




1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

11 

12 

13 

14 

15 

16 

17 

18 

19 

20 

21 

22 

23 

24 

25 

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31 


50 
40 
50 
50 
60 
60 
50 
70 
70 
70 
70 
70 
70 
70 
70 
70 
70 
70 
80 
80 
80 
80 
80 
80 
80 
80 
SO 
80 
80 
80 
80 


$46. 00 
47.00 
29.00 
29.50 
63.00 
63.00 
42.50 
52.00 
54.00 
55. 50 
55.00 
55.00 
59.00 
60.00 
60.00 
43. 00 
43.00 
44.00 
50.00 
50.00 
51.50 
47.00 
49.00 
50.00 
50.50 
50.50 
50. 00 
54.00 
53.00 
51.00 
55.00 


$2, 300. 00 


Do 


1,880.00 




1,450.00 


Do 


1,475.00 




3, 780. 00 


Do 


3, 780. 00 




2, 125. 00 




3,640.00 


Do 


3, 780. 00 


Do 


3, 885. 00 


Do 


3, 850. 00 


Do 


3, S50. 00 


Do 


4, 130. 00 


Do 


4, 200. 00 


Do 


4, 200. 00 




3,010.00 


Do 


3, 010. 00 


Do 


3, 0.sO. 00 




4, 000. 00 


Do 


4, 000. 00 


Do . 


4. 120. 00 


Do 


3.760.00 


Do 


3,920.00 


Do 


4, 000. GO 


Do 


4, 040. 00 


Do 


4,040.00 


Do 


4,000.00 


Do 


4,320.00 


Do 


4, 240. 00 


Do 


4, 080. 00 


Do 


4, 400. 00 



FUR-SEAL SKIN SALES. 



25 



Details of sale of 12,777 dressed, dyed, and machined Pribilof Islands fur-seal skins at 
St. Louis, Mo., on April 3, 1922 — Continued. 



Trade classification. 


Lot 
No. 


Number 

of 

skins. 


Price 

per 
skin. 


Total 
for lot. 




32 
33 
34 
35 
36 
37 
38 
39 
40 
41 
42 
43 
44 
45 
46 
47 
48 
49 
50 
51 
52 
53 
54 
55 
56 
57 
58 
59 
60 
61 
62 
63 
64 
65 
66 
67 
68 
69 
70 
71 
72 
73 
74 
75 
76 
77 
78 
79 
80 
81 
82 
S3 
84 
85 
86 
87 
88 
S9 
90 
91 
92 
93 
94 
95 
96 
97 
98 
99 
100 
llil 
102 
103 
104 
105 
106 
107 
108 
109 
110 


80 
80 
80 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
70 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
50 
50 
30 


$39. 00 
41.00 
41.50 
41.00 
39. 50 

37. 50 
37.50 
36.00 
36. 50 
36.50 
37.50 
36. 50 
37. 00 

38. 00 
37.00 
36.00 
36. 50 

36. 50 
38. 00 
37. 00 
38.00 
37.00 
37.00 
36. 00 
38.50 
39.00 
37.50 

37. 50 
37.00 
37.00 
37. 50 
37.00 
38.00 
37. 00 
37.00 
36.00 
37.50 
37.00 
30.00 
26.00 
26.00 
26. 50 
26.00 
26.00 
26.00 
26.00 
26.50 
26.00 
26.50 
26. 50 
26.50 
26.00 
26.50 
26. 50 
26. 50 
26. 50 
28.50 
27.50 
28. 50 
28. 50 
28.50 
28.50 
28.50 
29.00 
28.00 
23.50 
22.50 
22.50 
22. 50 
22.00 
22. 50 
23.00 
22.50 
22. 50 
22.00 
22.00 
10. 50 
10.00 
10.00 


S3, 120. 00 


Do 


3, 280. 00 


Do 


3, 320. 00 




3, 690. 00 


Do 


3,555.00 


Do 


3,375.00 


Do 


3,375.00 


Do 


3, 240. 00 


Do. 


3, 285. 00 


Do 


3, 2X5. 00 


Do 


3,375.00 




3,285.00 


Do . 


3, 330. 00 


Do 


3, 420. 00 


Do 


3, 330. 00 


Do 


3, 240. 00 


Do 


3, 2S5. 00 


Do 


3, 285. 00 


Do 


3, 420. 00 


Do.. 


3, 330. 00 


Do 


3, 420. 00 


Do 


3, 330. 00 


Do. 


3, 330. 00 


Do. 


3, 240. 00 


Do.. 


3, 465. 00 


Do. 


3, 510. 00 


Do.. 


3, 375. 00 


Do. 


3, 375. 00 


Do 


3,330.0a 


Do.. . 


3, 330. 00 


Do. 


3, 275. 00 


Do. 


3, 330. 00 


Do. 


3, 420. 00 


Do. 


3, 330. 00 


Do.. 


3, 330. 00 


Do.. . 


3, 240. 00 


Do. 


3, 375. 00 


Do. 


3, 330. 00 




2, 700. 00 


Do. 


2, 340. 00 


Do 


2, 340. 00 


Do. 


2, 385. 00 


Do. 


2, 340. 00 


Do. 


2, 340. 00 


Do. . . . 


2, 340. 00 


Do.. . 


2, 340. 00 


Do.. . 


2, 385. 00 


Do.. 


2, 340. 00 


Do.. . 


2, 385. 00 


Do.. 


2. 385. 00 


Do 


2, 385. 00 


Do. 


2, 340. 00 


Do 


2, 385. 00 


Do.. 


2, 385. 00 


Do 


2, 385. 00 


Do 


2,385.00 




2, 565. 00 


Do 


2, 175. 00 


Do... 


2, 565. 00 


Do.... 


2, 565. 00 


Do '. 


2, 565. 00 


Do.. 


2, 565. 00 


Do. 


2, 565. 00 


Do. 


2,610.00 


Do. 


1,960.00 




2,115.00 


Do 


2, 025. 00 


Do. 


2, 025. 00 


Do. 


2, 025. 00 


Do 


1,980.00 


Do 


2,025.00 


r> 


2, 070. 00 


Do 


2, 025. 00 




2,025.00 




1,880.00 




1,980.00 


Ill Wigs 


525. 00 




500. 00 




300.00 



26 



FUR-SEAL SKIN SALES. 



Details of sale of 12,777 dressed, dyed, and machined Pribilof Islands fur-seal skins at 
St. Louis, Mo., April 2,1922 — Continued. 



Trade classification. 



Ill, 31 extra large: 19 large 

III, 37 medium; 43 small mediums. 

IV, wigs 

Wigs. 



Do. 
Do. 
Do. 



Wigs; cut, scarred, etc. 

Do. 

Do. 



Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 



Extra extra large. 

Extra extra large: cut, scarred, etc . 
Do 



Extra large 

Extra large; cut, scarred, etc. 

Do 

Large 



g D e o." 



Large; cut, scarred, etc. 
Do 



Medium 

Medium; cut, scarred, etc.. 

22 medium; 15 small medium 

16 medium; cut, scarred, etc.; 12 small medium; cut, scarred, etc. 

II I, wigs ,. 

Do '. 



Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 



III, 14 extra extra large; 4 extra large; 
small mediums. 

IV, wigs 

Do 



large; 5 mediums; 25 



Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 



IV, 28 wigs; 8 extra extra large; 2 extra large; 2 large. 

Skins damaged 

Culls and rejects, dressed and dved 

Do " 

Culls and rejects, dressed 

Culls and rejects, washed and dried 

( ulls and rejects, skins, raw 



Total. 



Lot 

No. 



Ill 
112 
113 
114 
115 
116 
117 
118 
119 
120 
121 
122 
123 
124 
125 
120 
127 
128 
129 
130 
131 
132 
133 
134 
135 
135 
137 
138 
139 
140 
141 
142 
143 
144 
145 
146 
147 
148 
149 
150 
151 
152 
153 
154 
155 
156 
157 
158 
159 
160 

161 
162 
163 
164 
165 
166 
167 
168 
169 
170 
171 
172 
173 
174 
175 
176 
177 
178 
179 
180 



Number 

of 

skins. 



50 

80 
20 
50 
50 
50 
58 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
22 
33 
50 
27 
44 
50 
23 
50 
25 
50 
37 
80 
80 
37 
28 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
42 
55 

50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
40 
27 
72 
177 
117 
121 
92 

12,777 



Price 
per 

skin. 



815. 50 
11.00 
5.00 
60. 00 
58.00 
58.00 
53.00 
29. 50 
28.50 
28.50 
29.00 
28. 00 
28.00 
28. 50 
29.00 
30.00 
29.00 
29.50 
31.50 
62. 00 
44.00 
43. 50 
57.00 
41.00 
40. 00 
48. 00 
53.50 
35. 00 
27. 50 
35.00 
26. 50 
26. 50 
21.00 
6.50 
6.00 
5.50 
5.50 
5. 50 
5.50 
5. SO 
6.00 
6.00 
6.50 
6.00 
6.50 
6.50 
6.50 
7.00 
6.50 
13.50 

1.50 

2.00 

2. 00 

1.50 

2.25 

3.00 

2.25 

2.25 

1.50 

1.50 

1.75 

1.50 

1.75 

1.50 

8.25 

.50 

.50 

.50 

.25 



FUR-SEAL SKIN SALES. 



27 



XX. 

Statement of account as of January 1, 1922, of the United States with Great Britain and 
Japan, under the provisions of the North Pacific sealing convention of July 7, 1911, 
and the act of August 24, 1912. 



Date. 



Sept. 23, 1912 
Feb. 14,1913 

Dec. 19,1913 
Dec. 12,1914 

Do 

Dec. 16,1915 

Do 

Dec. 16,1916 

Do 

Jan. 2, 191S 

Do 

Jan. 9, 1919 

June 9, 1919 

Oct. 27,1919 

Do 

Mar. 17,1920 

Do 

Do 

Nov. 10, 1920 
June 7, 1921 

Do 

Oct. 15,1921 



Item. 



Cash advanced 

Value of 1,000 sealskins taken in 1912 and sold in London, 

Jan. 17, 1913 

Cash advanced (annual payment) 

Interest on $10,000 from Dec. 20, 1913, to Dec. 12, 1914 

Cash advanced (annual payment) 

Interest on $20,000 from Dec. 13, 1914, to Dec. 16, 1915 

Cash advanced (annual payment) 

Interest on $30,000 from Dec. 17, 1915, to Dec. 16, 1916 

Cash advanced (annual payment) 

Interest on $40,000 from Dec. 17, 1916, to Jan. 2, 1918 

Cash advanced (annual payment) 

Value of 1,000 sealskins taken in 1917 and sold in St. Louis, 

Mo., Apr. 28, 1919 

15 per cent of net value of 4,277 seal skins taken in 1918 and 

sold in St. Louis, Mo., Apr. 28, 1919 

15 per cent of net value of 9,055 sealskins taken in 1918 and 

sold in St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 10, 1919 

Interest on $50,000 from Jan. 3, 1918, to Oct. 26, 1919 

15 per cent of net value of 9,100 sealskins taken in 1918 and 

sold in St. Louis, Feb. 2, 1920 

Interest on $29,420.50 due the United States on unliquidated 

balance from Oct. 27, 1919, to Mar. 17, 1920 

Cash paid by United States to settle, to date 



Total 

15 per cent of net value of 5,740 commercial sealskins taken 

in 1918 and sold in St. Louis May 10, 1920 

15 per cent of net value of 10,120 sealskins taken in 1918 and 

1919 and sold in St. Louis Feb. 21, 1921 

15 per cent of net value of 44 sealskins taken in 1918 and 1919 

and sold in St. Louis Mar. 19, 1921 .. 

15 per cent of net value of 10,060 sealskins taken in 1919 and 

sold in St. Louis May 23, 1921 

Amount paid Great Britain, as above 

Amount paid Japan, as above 

Amount paid both countries 



Credits. 



$34,672.13 



55, 900. 00 
35, 862. 64 
101, 847. 77 



165, 822. 06 



394, 104. 60 

49, 800. 83 

31,825.35 

231.92 

29, 471. 94 



505, 434. 64 
505, 434. 64 



1, 010, SCO. 28 



Debits. 



$200, 000. 00 



10, 000. 00 

392. 36 

10, 000. 00 

SOS. 76 

10,(1(10.00 

1, 2(H). 00 

10, 000. 00 

1, 674. 52 

10, 000. 00 



3,621.92 



459. 80 
135, 947. 24 



394, 104. 60 



XXI. 

Memorandum statement regarding the sale of 3,773 sealskins taken on the Pribilof Islands, 
Alaska, in calendar year 1912 and sold in London on January 17, 1913. 

Gross amount of sale $141, 289. 58 

Expenses of sale, transportation, etc.: 

Cash discount $3, 532. 23 

( 'ommission 5, 510. 28 

Marine insurance 1, 064. 95 

Freight, cartage, etc 364. 17 

10, 471. 63 

Net receipts 130, 817. 95 

Average net price of each skin 34. 67213 

Great Britain's share of 1,000 skins ' 34, 672. 13 

Japan's share of 1,000 skins 34, 672. 13 



i By the terms of the sealing convention of July 7, 1911, Japan and Great Britain are each entitled to 15 
per cent of the annual take of fur-seal skins on the Pribilof Islands. If 15 per cent of the total annual take 
does not equal 1,000 skins, then each country is to receive 1,000 skins. 



28 FUR-SEAL SKIN SALES. 

XXII. 

Memorandum statement regarding 6,220 commercial sealskins taken on the Pribit 'of Islands, 
Alaska, in calendar years 1917 and 1918 and sold at Public auction April 28, 1919 } 

Gross amount of sale $455, 275. 00 

Expenses of sale, transportation, etc.: 

Cash discount, 1 per cent $4, 552. 75 

Commission, 3| per cent 15, 775. 28 

Dressing, dyeing, and machining 2 85, 240. 75 

Transit-insurance on 6,220 skins, at $0.135 839. 70 

Freight on 6,220 skins, at $0.19 each 3 1, 181. 80 

107, 590. 28 

Net receipts 347, 684. 72 

Average net price of each skin 55. 90 

Great Britain's share of 1,000 skins for 1917 55, 900. 00 

Japan's share of 1,000 skins for 1917 55, 900. 00 

Great Britain's share of 4,277 skins taken in 1918, 15 per cent of 4,277 X 

$55.90, or $239,084.30 35, 862. 64 

Japan's share in 1918 35, 862. 64 

750 wigs at $20 each $15, 000. 00 

1,905 extra extra large, at $19 each 36, 195. 00 

3,565 others, at $9.55 each 34, 045. 75 

85,240.75 
XXIII. 

Memorandum statement regarding 9,055 commercial sealskins taken on the Pribilof Islands, 
Alaska, in calendar pear 1918 and sold at public auction September 10, 1919. 

Gross amount of sale $827, 11 2. 50 

Expenses of sale, transportation, etc.: 

Cash discount $8. 271. 12 

Commission of agent 3| per cent 28, 659. 45 

Dressing, dyeing, and machining 4 108, 253. 95 

Transit insurance, $0.135.- 5 1. 222. 43 

Freight on 9,055 skins at $0.19 each 6 ] , 720. 45 

148. 127. 40 

Net receipts '. 678, 985. 10 

743 wigs at $20 each $14, S60. 00 

1,483 extra extra large at $19 each 28, 177. 00 

6,829 others at $9.55 each : 65, 216. 95 

Total 108,253.95 

Japan's share, 15 per cent of $678,985.10 $101, 847. 77 

Great Britain's share, 15 per cent of $678,985.10 101, 847. 77 

1 This sale contained 10,102 skins as follows: 3,882 food skins and 6,220 commercial skins. The commer- 
cial skins consisted of 1,943 taken in the calendar year 1917 and 4,277 taken in the calendar year 1918. The 
foreign countries had no financial interest in the food skins. 

2 This is the actual amount paid for dressing, dyeing, and machining the sealskins at prices given in supple- 
mental contract with Funsten Bros. & Co.: 

3 The unit cost of $0.19 per skin for transportation is determined by the payment of $3,395.63 on 17,816 
skins shipped from Seattle to St. Louis on October 5, 191S. 

* This is the actual amount paid for dressing, dyeing, and machining the sealskins at prices given in 
supplemental contract with Funsten Bros. & Co. : 

6 The unit cost of $0,135 per skin for transit insurance is determined by the premium of $2,405.25 paid 
on 17,816 skins from Pribilof Islands in September, 1918. 

6 The unit cost of $0.19 per skin for transportation is determined by the payment of $3,395.63 on 17,816 
skins shipped from Seattle to St. Louis on October 5, 191S. 



FUR-SEAL SKIN SALES. 29 

XX1Y. 

Memorandum statement regarding 9,100 sealskins taken on the Pribilof Islands, Alaska. 
in calendar year 1918 and sold at public auction February 2, 1920. 

Gross amount of sale $1, 282, 905. 00 

Expenses of sale, transportation, etc.: 

( 'ash discount 1 per cent $12, 829. 05 

Commission, 34 per cent 44, 452. 66 

Dressing, d \ einu r . and machining x 118, 322. 90 

Freight on 9,100 skins at $0.20 each 2 1, 820. 00 

177, 424. 61 

Net receipts 1, 105, 480. 39 

Great Britain's share, 15 per cent of $1,106,480.39 $165, 822. 06 

Japan's share, 15 per cent of $1,106,480.39 165, 822. 06 

XXV. 

Memorandum statement regarding 5J40 commercial sealskins taken on Pribilof Islands, 
Alaska, in calendar year 1918, and sold at public auction May 10, 1920. 3 

Gross amount of sale $423, 530. 00 

Expenses of sale, transportation, etc.: 

Cash discount $4, 235. 30 

Commission 14, 675. 32 

Dressing, dyeing, and machining 4 71, 465. 85 

Freight on 5,740 skins, at 20 cents each 5 1, 148. 00 

91, 524. 47 

Net receipts 332, 005. 53 

Great Britain's share, 15 per cent 49, 800. 83 

Japan's share, 15 per cent 49, 800. 83 

XXVI. 

Memorandum statement regarding 10,120 sealskins taken on the Pribilof Islands, Alaska, 
in calendar years 1918 and 1919, and sold at public auction February 21, 1921. 

Gross amount of sale of 6,690 skins taken in 1918 $230, 079. 00 

Expenses of sale : 

Cash discount $2, 300. 79 

Commission, 3$ per cent 7, 972. 24 

Freight on 6,690 skins, at 23 cents each 6 1, 538. 70 

11, 811. 73 

Total $218, 267. 27 

i This is the actual amount paid for dressing, dyeing, and machining the sealskins at prices given in 
supplemental contract with Funsten Bros. & Co.: 

1,150 wigs at $20 each $23, 180. 00 

2,043 extra extra large at 819 each 38 ( 817. 00 

5,898 others at $9.55 56' 325. 90 

Total 118,322.90 

- The unit cost of S0.20 per skin for transportation is determined by the payment of $7,049.35 on 34,831 

skins taken in the calendar year 1918, and shipped from Seattle, Wash., to St. Louis, Mo., in 1918 and 1919. 
3 This sale consisted of 5,752 skins, of which number 12 were food skins and the foreign countries had no 

financial interest therein. 
* This is the actual amount paid for dressing, dyeing, and machining the sealskins at prices given in 

supplemental contract with Funsten Bros. & Co.: 

650 wigs, at S20 ea?h $13,000. 00 

1,043 extra extra large, at $19 each 19, 817. 00 

4,047 others, at $9.55 38, 648. 85 

71,465.85 
5 The unit cost of $0.20 per skin for transportation is determined by the payment of $7,049.35 on 34,831 

skins taken in the calendar year 1918 and shipped from Seattle, Wash., to St. Louis M., in 1918 and 1919. 
e The unit cost of 23 cents per skin for transportation is determined by the payment of $5,848.77 on 25,23S 

skins shipped from Seattle, Wash., to St. Louis, Mo., on Oct. 27, 1919. 

S. Doc. 213, 67-2 3 



30 FUR-SEAL SKIN SALES. 

Gross amount of sale of 3,430 skins taken in 1919 $125, 610. 00 

Expenses of sale: 

Cash discount $1, 256. 10 

Commission, 3f per cent 4, 663. 27 

Freight on 3,430 skins, at 23 cents each 4 788. 90 

— 6, 708. 27 

Total $118, 901. 73 

Grand total 327, 169. 00 

Reimbursement on $200,000 paid to Funsten Bros. & Co., in lieu of 
expenses incurred in storing, dressing, dyeing, and machining Gov- 
ernment sealskins as per contract with Fouke Co., dated Feb. 15, 1921 . . 125, 000. 00 

Net receipts » 212, 169. 00 

Great Britain's share, 15 per cent of $212,169 31, 825. 35 

Japan's share, 15 per cent of $212,169 31, 825. 35 

XXVII. 

JUNE 7, 1921. 

Dear Sir: There is inclosed herewith for delivery to the Japanese ambassador 
official check No. 1440, dated June 7, 1921, and drawn to the order of the Government 
of Japan, in the sum of $231.92. 

This check represents 15 per cent of the net proceeds of the sale of 44 sealskins 
taken on the Pribilof Islands, Alaska, during the calendar years 1918 and 1919, and 
Bold by this department to the Fouke Fur Co., of St. Louis, Mo., to be used by them 
for exhibition purposes. The department received the sum of $1,546.16 for these 
ikins, at the rate of $35.14 per skin, which is the average price established at the sale 
of February 21, 1921. 

Yours very truly, 

C. H. Huston, 
Assistant Secretary of Commerce. 
The Secretary op State. 

XXVIII. 

Memorandum statement regarding 10,060 sealskins taken on the Pribilof Islands, Alaska, 
in calendar year 1919 and sold at public auction May 23, 1921. 

Gross amount of sale of 10,060 skins taken in 1919 $359, 715. 00 

Expenses of sale: 

Cash discount, 1 per cent $3, 597. 15 

Commission, 3f per cent 13, 354. 42 

Freight on 10,060 skins, at $0.23 > each 2, 313. 80 

19, 265. 37 

Total - $340, 449. 63 

Reimbursement on $200,000 paid to Funsten Bros. &' Co. in 
lieu of expenses incurred in storing, dressing, dyeing, and 
machining Government sealskins as per contract with 

Fouke Co., dated Feb. 16, 1921 75,000.00 

Dressing, dveing, and machining 4,180 skins, at $16.50 per 

skin 68, 970. 00 

143, 970. 00 

Net receipts 196, 479. 63 

Great Britain's share, 15 per cent of $196,479.63 29, 471. 94 

Japan's share, 15 per cent of $196,479.63 29, 471. 94 

Whereas the Government of the United States is the owner and has under its control 
certain sealskins and certain fox skins, taken annually on the Pribilof Islands and in 
Alaska, the taking and disposal of which are, subject to existing laws, under the control 
of the Secretary of Commerce: and 

i The unit cost of 23 cents per skin for transportation is determined by the payment of $5,848.77 on 25,238 
skins shipped from Seattle, Wash., to St. Louis, Mo., on Oct. 27, 1919. 



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Whereas Funsten Bros. & Co., a corporation created by and existing under the laws 
of the State of Illinois, and having its principal office located at Second and Elm 
Streets, city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, is engaged in the business of storing, sorting, 
and selling fur skins; and 

Whereas the corporation mentioned satisfactorily conducted for the Government 
the sale of all skins taken by it from the Pribilof Islands and in Alaska during the year 
1913; and 

Whereas it is the desire of the Secretary of Commerce to continue the sales of such 
skins in the United States, in order to establish therein a permanent sealskin and fox- 
skin market, and also to establish in the United States the industry of dyeing and 
dressing such skins: 

Now, therefore, this agreement, made and entered into this 30th day of August, 
1915, b> and between the United States of America (hereinafter designated as the 
Government), by the Acting Secretary of Commerce (in accordance with and by 
virtue of authority conferred by the act of April 21, 1910, 36 Stat. 326, and the act of 
August 24, 1912, 37 Stat. 499), of the first part, and Funsten Bros. & Co. (hereinafter 
designated as the company), a corporation as aforesaid, of the second part: 

Witnesseth, that for and in consideration of the covenants and agreements herein- 
after stated, the Government will ship to the company, at St. Louis, Mo., such seal- 
skins and fox skins as are taken annually by it at the Pribilof Islands and in Alaska, 
and are available for sale by the Government, and the company will receive and ac- 
cept the same at said city of St. Louis, Mb., as a consignment from the Government, 
to be sold by the company at public auction, or to have dressed and dyed and then sold 
by the company at its salesrooms in the city of St. Louis, on behalf of the Government 
upon the terms and conditions following, that is to say: 

First. All freight charges and other expenses involved in the transportation of 
said sealskins and said fox skins from San Francisco, Calif., Seattle, Wash., or other 
port to which they may be brought, to the warehouse of the company in St. Louis, 
including advance charges at San Francisco, Calif., Seattle, Wash., or other port to 
which they may be brought, and carriage at St. Louis, shall be paid by the company 
and deducted from the proceeds of sales, as hereinafter provided. 

Second. Insurance upon said sealskins and fox skins for the benefit of the Govern- 
ment, covering loss or damage thereto on the voyage from the Pribilof Islands to St. 
Louis, Mo., or any part of such voyage, in such amount as shall be satisfactory to the 
Secretary of Commerce, shall be taken out (if requested by the Government) by the 
company and the premium or premiums for such insurance shall be paid by the com- 
pany and deducted from the proceeds of sales, as hereinafter provided. 

Third. After the receipt of said sealskins and said fox skins at the warehouse of the 
company in St. Louis, they shall be properly assorted according to size, quality, and 
condition, in conformity with custom, and shall be placed in cold storage and kept 
therein until exhibited for sale and delivery to buyers; and a copy of the assortment 
so made shall be transmitted by mail to the Secretary of Commerce as soon as possible 
after the same is completed. While in the possession of the company in the city of 
St. Louis, said seal and fox skins shall be kept insured by them against loss by fire, 
and all due and customary precautions shall be taken by the company for the safe- 
keeping of said skins and to prevent deterioration, the expenses thereof being borne 
by the company. 

Fourth. Said sealskins and said fox skins shall be sold by the company at public 
auction at its salesrooms in the city of St. Louis, Mo., on the customary terms and 
at such time or times as shall be deemed most advantageous to the Government. 
The company shall promptly advise the Secretary of Commerce of the time when 
it proposes to make such sale, and the Secretary of Commerce shall have the right, 
not less than 15 days before the time at which said sale is appointed to be held, to change 
the time and determine when such sale shall occur. At such sale or sales the Secre- 
tary of Commerce, or his duly authorized representative, shall have the right to 
withdraw from sale said sealskins and said fox skins or any lot or lots thereof, at any 
time before the same shall be actually sold. 

Fifth. The company shall render to Jhe Secretary of Commerce just and proper 
accounts of the gross proceeds of any and all sales of said sealskins and said fox skins 
affected by it, and of all sums received and paid by it; and will keep such accounts 
in proper books which shall be deemed the property of the Government. And the 
Secretary of Commerce shall at all times be at liberty, either personally or by agent 
duly authorized by him, to inspect and carry away such books, or to make and carry 
away copies of or extracts from such books. 

Sixth. The company shall remit and pay to the Secretary of Commerce the net 
proceeds of any and all sales of said seal and fox skins effected by it, such net proceeds 



32 FUR-SEAL SKIN SALES. 

to be determined as hereinafter provided, within one month after such sales shall 
have occurred. 

Seventh. In making up the account of the sales of said sealskins and said fox skins, 
and in order to ascertain the net proceeds thereof, the company shall be entitled to 
receive and retain out of the gross proceeds of said sales the commission hereinafter 
specified as and for full compensation for all services it may render and all expenses 
it may incur in connection with the storage, sorting, protection, insurance as aforesaid, 
and proper care of all of said skins and the advertising and sale thereof, and shall also 
deduct all costs and expenses incidental to transportation and all expenses for in- 
surance during transportation, if any have been incurred, hereinbefore mentioned, 
and the amount remaining subject to provisions hereinafter stated shall be the net 
proceeds of said sales, and payable to the Secretary of Commerce. The company 
shall be entitled to deduct the amount expended for cold storage charge for the period 
in excess of six months, on the skins ordered held by the Secretary of Commerce from 
the year 1913 and the year 1914 up to the time said skins are either dressed and 
dyed or sold, such charge to be computed at regular market rates, and whenever the 
Government shall order skins held for a period longer than six months, then the com- 
pany shall also be entitled to deduct the amount expended for. cold storage charge 
for the period in excess of said six months on the skins so ordered held. 

Eighth. All casks in which said sealskins and fox skins are packed, and all surplus 
silt which may come from said skins, shall, if the same has a salable value be sold by 
the company and the full amount of the proceeds shall be accounted for and paid 
over by the company to the Secretary of Commerce when settlement for the proceeds 
of the sale of said skins shall be made. 

Ninth. All contracts made by the company relating to said sealskins and said fox 
skins for their transportation or their care and protection pending sale, and for the sale 
and delivery thereof, and all contracts or policies of insurance against risks of trans- 
portation, fire, and otherwise may be made by the company in its own name, but 
the same shall inure to the benefit of the Government; and all claims for loss of said 
sealskins and said fox skins, or any or either of them, or for damage thereto, which the 
company may be entitled to make or shall collect against common carriers: or loss or 
damage by reason of failure to safely and duly transport and deliver such skins, shall 
likewise inure to the benefit of and be paid to the Government, less the legal charge 
for collection. 

Tenth. During the closed season period in which the killing of seals on the Pribilof 
Islands is restricted to the number required to supply food, clothing, and boat skins 
for the natives on the islands, as pro\ ided by the act of August 24, L912 (that is to say, 
during the years 1915, 1916, and 1917, unless such closed season should be sooner 
terminated by law), the commission of 4 per cent shall be paid to the company as 
and for full compensation for all services it may render and all expenses it may incur 
in connection with the storage (except skins ordered held longer than six months), 
sorting, protecting, insurance as aforesaid, and proper care of all of said skins, and the 
advertising and sale thereof. Upon the expiration of said closed season, under the 
law as it now stands, or as it may be hereafter amended or changed, such commission 
shall be as follows: 

1 . If the total number of sealskins and fox skins combined to be sold, consigned in 
any one year to the company, shall not exceed 20,000, the rate of commission figured 
on the basis aforesaid shall be 4 per cent. 

2. If such total number shall exceed 20,000, but not exceed 30,000, the rate of such 
commission shall be 3 J per cent. 

3. If such total number shall exceed 30,000, but not exceed 40,000, the rate of such 
commission shall be 3V per cent. 

4. If such total number shall exceed 40.000, but not exceed 50,000, the rat" of such 
commission shall be 3 J per cent. 

5. If such total number shall exceed 50,000. the rate of such commission shall be 
3 per cent. 

If at any time either the Government or the company shall be dissatisfied with the 
foregoing provision with respect to the commission to be paid after the expiration of 
said closed season, written notice thereof shall be given to the other parties hereto^ and 
thereupon each of said parties shall select an arbitrator, and these two arbitrators shall 
select a third arbitrator: and the three arbitrators so chosen shall constitute a board of 
arbitration which shall have full authority to determine whether the commission 
herein provided is just and fair and, if they deem ii necessary, to readjust it as they may 
see lii : and both of the parties hereto agree to abide by the decision of such arbitrators. 

Eleventh. In consideration of the premise-, and especially of the compensation 
provided for in this agreement, the company hereby agrees to bring to the United 



FUR-SEAL SKIN SALES. 33 

States forthwith, as soon as arrangements can be completed, and establish therein a 
plant using what is commonly known as the Pice process of dressing and dyeing seal- 
skins, or one using a dressing and dyeing process satisfactory to the Secretary of Com- 
merce it being understood and agreed that the dressing and dyeing company, when 
requested so to do. will dress and dye sealskins in such plant for the Government and 
for individuals, and that the charges to the Government as well as to individuals for 
dressing and dyeing sealksins and fox skins in such plant shall not exceed the charges 
heretofore made in London, England, except in so far as may be incident to necessary 
increased cost of operation, lhe said company is hereby authorized and directed to 
arrange for such dressing and dyeing plant to proceed as soon as possible to dress and 
dye in the usual manner the sealskins of the Government now in possession of said 
company amounting to about 3,280 skins, and also to make like arrangements for the 
dressing and dyeing of the sealskins which are taken in the year 1915, amounting to 
about 5,000. which are expected to arrive by September, 1915. For the dressing and 
dyeing of all said skins the company agrees that the cost to the Government shall be 
$8 per skin, based on the charge heretofore made in London, England, for dressing and 
dyeing skins by the bice dressing and dyeing plant, in addition to the compensation 
hereinbefore provided for, and the company is hereby authorized and directed to 
retain from the proceeds of the sale of any and all skins sold by the company for 
account of the Government the said ?8 per skin, which the company agrees to advance 
•and pay to the said plant for dressing and dyeing said sealskins. 

Twelfth. Should the company fail to establish therein a plant using said process, 
or one using a dressing and dyeing process satisfactory to the said Secretary of Com- 
merce, within the period specified in section 11 hereof, or if at any time during the 
continuance of this contract the company shall fail to faithfully perform the terms 
and conditions thereof on its part to be kept and performed, the Government may 
forthwith terminate the same. 

Thirteenth. If at any time during the continuance of this contract the Government 
shall deem it for its best interests that for any year or years the sale of the said seal- 
skins or said fox skins, or either or any of them, shall be held in London, England, the 
company, upon receiving reasonable notice thereof from the Secretary of Commerce, 
shall cause all steps to be taken necessary to full compliance with the directions of the 
said Secretary of Commerce, and shall keep an accurate account of all necessary addi- 
tional expenses occasioned by such change in the place of sale, and the same shall 
consitute a proper charge against the Government and shall be deducted from the 
gross proceeds of such sale. 

Fourteenth. Unless sooner terminated as hereinbefore provided, this contract shall 
continue in force and effect until the 1st day of January, 1921. 

Fifteenth. It is understood and agreed by the parties hereto that this contract and 
all the provisions thereof shall be subject to any legislation that may hereafter be 
enacted by Congress relative to the subject matter hereof, and also to such rules and 
regulations as may be adopted, from time to time, by the Secretary of Commerce. 

Sixteenth. Pursuant to section 3741 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, 
it is further agreed that no Member of or Delegate to Congress, or Resident Commis- 
sioner or any officer or employee of the Government or other person whose name is 
not at this time disclosed, shall be admitted to any share or interest in this contract, 
or to any benefit to arise therefrom; and that this contract shall be subject in all 
respects to the provisions of sections 114, 115, and 116 of the Criminal Code of the 
United States, so far as the same may be applicable. 

Seventeenth. The covenants and agreements, and each of them herein contained, 
shall not be binding on the company if prevented by fire, death, strikes, the act of 
God, or any other unavoidable cause not within the control of the company. 

Signed in duplicate by the parties hereto the day and year first above written. 

United States of America, 

[seal.] By E. F. Sweet, 

Acting Secretary of Commerce. 

Funsten Bros. & Co., 
By P. B. Fouke, 

President. 
[corporate seal.] A. E. Murphy, 

Acting Secretary. 

Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of — 
Danl. J. Richardson. 
Virgil Rule. 



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The corrections in the foregoing agreement, set forth below, were made before the 
execution of the contract: 

Page 1, line 21, the name "William C. Redfield" stricken out and the words "the 
Acting" interlined. 

Page 2, line 17, parentheses placed around the words "if requested by the 
Government." 

Page 4, line 7, the word "a" changed to "the." 

Page 6, the words "dressing and dyeing" inserted between the words "the" and 
"company" on line 17, and the words "based on" inserted between the parentheses 
and the word "the" on line 31. 

I, A. E. Murphy, do hereby certify that I reside at St. Louis, Mo., and am the acting 
secretary of Funsten Bros. & Co., the corporation described in and which executed 
the foregoing contract, and that as such I have custody of its records and seal; that the 
said corporation is organized under the laws of the State of Illinois; that the corporate 
seal affixed to said instrument is the seal of said corporation and was thereto affixed by 
order of its board of directors; that P. B. Fouke is the president of said corporation and 
was duly authorized to execute said instrument in its behalf; that I know the signature 
of said officer, and that the signature affixed to such instruments is his signature; 
that the following is a true and correct copy of so much of the by-laws or resolutions 
of said company or its board of directors as confers authority to execute said contract 
upon the said officer who executed them: 

Sec. 7 (Subsec. 1). Duties of president.— -The president shall execute all bonds, 
contracts, or other instruments requiring to be made or executed for and on behalf of 
the company; he shall sign all bills, notes, and drafts, and indorse same when re- 
quired by the needs of the business. He shall also have the power to sign checks and 
indorse same. " 

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said corpora- 
tion at St. Louis this 30th day of August, 1915. 

A. E. Murphy, Acting Secretary. 

(Affix corporate seal.) 



SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT. 

Whereas the parties hereto, the Government of the United States, by Edwin F. 
Sweet, Acting Secretary of Commerce, and Funsten Bros. & Co., a corporation created 
and existing under the laws of the State of Illinois, made and entered into a certain 
written agreement dated August 30, 1915, under the terms of which the Government 
agreed to ship to the company, at St. Louis, Mo., such sealskins and fox skins as are 
taken annually by it at the Pribilof Islands and in Alaska and are available for sale 
by the Government, and the company agreed to receive and accept the same at said 
city of St. Louis, Mo., as a consignment from the Government, to be sold by the com- 
pany at public auction, or to have dressed and dyed and then sold by the company 
at its salesrooms in the city of St. Louis, on behalf of the Government, upon the term8 
and conditions in said written agreement contained. 

And whereas section 11 of the said written agreement provided in part as follows: 

"In consideration of the premises, and especially of the compensation provided for 
in this agreement, the company hereby agrees to bring to the United States, forthwith 
as soon as arrangements can be completed, and establish therein a plant using what 
is commonly known as the Rice process of dressing and dyeing sealskins, or one using 
a dressing and dyeing process satisfactory to the Secretary of Commerce; it being 
understood and agreed that the dressing and dyeing company, when requested so 
to do, will dress and dye sealskins in such plant for the Government and for individuals, 
and that the charges to the Government as well as to individuals for dressing and 
dyeing sealskins and fox skins in such plant shall not exceed the charges heretofore 
made in London, England, except in so far as may be incident to necessary increased 
cost of operation." 

And whereas the said Funsten Bros. & Co. have faithfully carried out the above 
quoted portion of the said section 11 of the said written agreement. 

And whereas it is now the desire of the Secretary of Commerce to enter into an agree- 
ment with the said Funsten Bros. & Co., supplemental to the said agreement of August 
30, 1915, setting forth the prices to be paid by the Government for dressing and dye- 
ing skins in said plant for the period from 1917 to 1922, and for other purposes: 

Now, therefore, this supplemental agreement made and entered into this 3d day of 
July, 1917, by and between the United States of America, hereinafter designated as 
the Government, by E. F. Sweet, Acting Secretary of Commerce (in accordance with 



FUR-SEAL, SKIN SALES. 35 

and by virtue of the authority conferred by the act of April 21, 1910 (36 Stat. 326), and 
the act of August 24, 1912 (37 Stat. 499), of the first part, and Funsten Bros. & Co., 
hereinafter designated as the company, a corporation, as aforesaid, of the second part. 

Witnesseth, that for and in consideration of the mutual promises and agreements 
herein contained the said parties hereby covenant and agree as follows : 

First. That during the term of this supplemental contract all sealskins taken annu- 
ally by the Government at the Pribilof Islands and in Alaska that are available for 
sale by the Government, other than "wigs" (i. e., the skins of large males or bulls) 
shipped to the company by the Government under the terms and provisions of the 
said original contract, shall be dressed, dyed, and machined by the company at its 
dressing and dyeing plant in St. Louis, Mo., and all wigs shall be washed and dried 
or dressed or otherwise treated as directed by the Government. 

Second. That the company will dress, dye, and machine at its said plant all skins, 
other than wigs, shipped to it by the Government, using therefor the process which 
it has heretofore used and is now using, and will handle all wigs received as directed 
by the Government, the company's charges for such services to be as set forth herein, 
which charges the company is hereby authorized and directed to retain from the pro- 
ceeds of the sale of any and all such skins sold by the company for account of the 
Government; it being understood and agreed that each and all of the provisions, 
stipulations, and conditions of the said original agreement of August 30, 1915 (except 
date of expiration), relating to the sale of sealskins and fox skins for the Government, 
shall be and are hereby made a part of this supplemental agreement, and are made 
applicable to the sale of wigs and of skins dressed, dyed, and machined as herein 
provided: 

Prices for washing, drying, dressing, etc., of wigs, or the skins of large males or 
bulls, per annum: Each. 

Washed and dried $1 . 50 

Washing, drying, and shaving 2. 00 

Washing, drying, and dressing 5. 00 

Unhairing and dressing 8. 50 

All other sealskins to be dressed, dyed, and machined at the following prices: 

Per skin. 

15,000 or less per annum $10. 00 

Exceeding 15, 000 but not exceeding 20.000 per annum 9. 75 

Exceeding 20,000 but not exceeding 25,000 per annum 9. 70 

Exceeding 25.000 but not exceeding 30,000 per annum 9. 65 

Exceeding 30.000 but not exceeding 35,000 per annum 9. 55 

Exceeding 35,000 but not exceeding 40,000 per annum 9. 35 

Exceeding 40,000 but not exceeding 45,000 per annum 9. 25 

Exceeding 45,000 but not exceeding 50,000 per annum 9. 00 

Exceeding 50.000 per annum 8. 90 

Third. That the company will, during the term of this supplemental agreement, at 
its own expense and without any cost or charge whatsoever to the Government, by 
inserting advertisements in the proper technical press, and by circulating, distributing, 
and mailing circulars, bulletins, letters, etc., and by other proper methods, advertise 
the quality and advantages of sealskins dressed and dyed by the said process, with 
the view of informing the public as to the merits of such process and of inducing a 
more general use of sealskins than prevails at the present time. 

Fourth. That the company will, during the term of this supplemental contract, 
during the fur-seal killing season each year, as the Government may direct, send to 
the Pribilof Islands two or more experts experienced in the killing and skinning of 
seals and the salting of sealskins, for the purpose of cooperating with the departments' 
representatives and of instructing and assisting the natives and others engaged in such 
work, in order that skins taken by the Government may be secured and handled in the 
best possible manner. 

Fifth. That the salaries and compensation of such experts, as well as all other 
expenses incident to their employment, including traveling expenses, subsistence, 
etc., shall be borne by the said company, provided, however, that the Government 
shall, without expense to the company, transport said experts, from some port on the 
Pacific coast, to be designated by the Government, to and from the said islands on 
vessels owned or leased by the Government, and shall furnish said experts with board 
and lodging while being so transported and while on the said Pribilof Islands for the 
purposes aforesaid. 

Sixth. That the company will, during the term of this supplemental contract, on 
or before the 1st day of May in each year, advance to a representative of the Govern- 



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FUR-SEAL SKIN SALES. 



ment, to be designated by the Secretary of Commerce, such sum as shall be determined 
by the Government to be necessary to enable its representative to pay such compen- 
sation for services as shall be fixed by said Secretary of ( 'ommerce to persons engaged 
in killing and skinning seals, and salting and handling sealskins, or otherwise employed 
in connection therewith preparatory to the sale of said skins, it being understood and 
agreed that the company will deduct from the proceeds of the sale of skins the ad- 
vances made by it as aforesaid for the payment of any services rendered in connection 
with the particular skins included in any sale. 

Seventh. That when the said wigs shall have been treated as directed by the Gov- 
ernment and when other sealskins shall have been dressed, dyed, and machined as 
herein provided for, and while in the possession of the company thereafter, they shall 
be insured against loss by fire, and all due and customary precautions shall be taken 
by the company for the safeguarding of all of the said skins, the expenses thereof to 
be borne by the company. The insurance herein provided for is to be in addition to 
that provided for in section 3 of the original contract of August 30, 1915, and shall be 
based upon the increased value of such skins by reason of such dressing and dyeing, 
as aforesaid. 

Eighth. It is understood and agreed by the parties hereto that this supplemental 
contract, and all the provisions thereof, shall be subject to any legislation that may 
hereafter be enacted by Congress relative to the subject matter hereof, and also to 
such rules and regulations as may be adopted from time to time by the Secretary of 
Commerce. 

Ninth. Pursuant to section 3741 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, it is 
further agreed that no Member of or Delegate to Congress, or a Resident Commissioner, 
or any officer or employee of the Government, or other person whose name is not at 
this time disclosed, shall be admitted to any share or interest in this contract, or to 
any benefit to arise therefrom, and that this supplemental contract shall be subject 
in all respects to the provisions of sections 114, 115, and 116 of the Criminal Code of the 
United States so far as the same may be applicable. 

Tenth. That unless sooner terminated, this supplemental contract shall continue 
in force and effect until the 1st day of January, 1922. 

Eleventh. That the parties hereto hereby expressly agree that the said original 
contract dated August 30, 1915, for the sale of sealskins and fox skins shall be, and the 
same is hereby, extended in all its provisions to the 1st day of January, 1922. 

Twelfth. That the parties hereto further covenant and agree that nothing contained 
herein shall be construed as altering, affecting, or modifying any of the provisions, 
terms, or conditions of the said original contract not herein expressly altered, affected, 
or modified. 

Signed in duplicate by the parties hereto this 3d day of July, 1917. 

United States of America, 

[seal.] By E. F. Sweet, 

Acting Secretary of Commerce. 



[corporate seal.] 



Witnesses: 

R. L. Stancill. 

G. Roscoe Firtich. 

As to E. F. Sweet. 

A. Murphy. 

J. P. Randall. 

As to Funsten Bros. & Co. 



Funsten Bros. & Co., 

By P. B. Fouke, President. 

D. J. Halley, Secretary. 



supplemental agreement. 

Whereas, the parties hereto, the Government of the United States, by Edwin F. 
Sweet. Acting Secretary of Commerce, and Funsten Bros. & Co., a corporation created 
and existing under the laws of the State of Illinois, made and entered into a certain 
written agreement dated August 30, 1915, under the terms of which the Government 
agreed to ship to the company at St. Louis, Mo., such sealskins and fox skins as are 
annually taken by it at the Pribilof Islands and in Alaska, and are available for sale 
by the Government, and the company agreed to receive and accept the same at the 
city of St. Louis, Mo., as a consignment from the Government, to be sold by the com- 
pany at public auction, or to have said sealskins and fox skins dressed and dyed and 



FUR-SEAL SKIN SALES. 37 

then sold by the company at its salesrooms in the city of St. Louis, on behalf of the 
Government, upon the terms and conditions in said written agreement contained. 

And whereas the parties hereto, the Government of the United States, by Edwin 
F. Sweet, Acting Secretary of Commerce, and Funsten Bros. & Co., a corporation 
created and existing under the laws of the State of Illinois, made and entered into a 
certain written supplemental agreement to the said agreement of August 30, 1915, 
said supplemental agreement being dated July 3, 1917, under the terms of which all 
the sealskins taken annually by the Government at the PriMlof Islands and available 
for sale by the Government shipped to the company by the Government under the 
terms and provisions of said original contract of August 30, 1915, should be dressed, 
dyed, and machined by the company at its dressing and dyeing plant in St. Louis, 
M o., at and for the prices set out in said supplemental agreement of July 3, 1917. 

And whereas the said Funsten Bros. & Co. have faithfully kept and performed the 
terms and conditions of the said original agreement of August 30, 1915, and of the said 
supplemental agreement of July 3, 1917, on its part to be kept and performed. 

And whereas it is now the desire of the Secretary of Commerce to enter into an 
agreement with the said Funsten Bros. & Co., supplemental to the said agreement of 
August 30, 1915, and to the supplemental agreement of July 3, 1917, extending the 
term of the said agreement of August 30, 1915, and of the said supplemental agreement 
of July 3, 1917, and providing for certain changes and alterations in some of the terms 
and conditions thereof: 

Now, there, this supplemental agreement made and entered into this 20th day of 
June, 1919, by and between the United States of America, hereinafter designated as 
the Government, by Edwin F. Sweet, Acting Secretary of Commerce (in accordance 
with and by virtue of the authority conferred by the act of April 21, 1910 (36 Stat. 
326), and the act of August 24, 1912 (37 Stat. 499), of the first part, and Funsten Bros. 
& Co., hereinafter designated as the company, a corporation as aforesaid, of the second 
part, 

Witnesseth, that for and in consideration of the mutual promises and agreements 
herein contained, the said parties hereby covenant and agree as follows: 

First. That paragraph 2 of the said original written agreement of August 30, 1915, 
be and the same is hereby revoked, and that from the date of this supplemental agree- 
ment insurance as therein provided for shall not be carried. 

Second. That paragraph 6 of the said original written agreement of August 30, 1915, 
be and the same is hereby revoked, and the following substituted therefor: 

"The company shall remit and pay to the Secretary of Commerce the net proceeds 
of any and all sales of said seal and fox skins effected by it, such net proceeds to be 
determined as hereinafter provided, within 45 days after such sales shall have occurred. ' ' 

Third. That paragraph 6 of the said supplemental agreement of July 3, 1917, be 
and the same is hereby revoked, and the following substituted therefor: 

"That the company will, during the term of this supplemental contract, on or 
before the 1st day of May in each year, advance to a representative of the Govern- 
ment to be designated by the Secretary of Commerce such sum as shall be determined 
by the Government to be necessary to enable its representatives to pay such com- 
pensation for services as shall be fixed by the said Secretary of Commerce to persons 
engaged in killing and skinning seals and salting and handling sealskins, or other- 
wise "employed in°connection therewith, preparatory to the sale of said skins, it being 
understood' and agreed that the company will deduct from the proceeds of the first 
sale of the skins following the annual sealing operations the advances made by it 
as aforesaid." 

Fourth. It is understood and agreed by the parties hereto that the company will, 
on the request of the Secretary of Commerce, assume and pay all necessary expenses 
for supplies, materials, including salt, casks, twine, and other necessaries, in the tak- 
ing, curing,' handling, and shipment of seal and fox skins, and will deduct from the 
proceeds oTthe first sale of skins following the annual sealing operations the payments 
made by it as aforesaid. 

Fifth. That the first paragraph of the supplemental agreement of July 3, 1917, 
be and the same is hereby revoked, and the following substituted therefor: 

"That during the term of this supplemental agreement all sealskins taken annually 
by the Government on the Pribilof Islands and in Alaska, that are available for sale 
by the Government, shipped to the company by the Government under the terms 
and provisions of the said original contract of August 30, 1915, shall be dressed, dyed, 
and machined by the company in St. Louis Mo." 

Sixth That paragraph 2 of the said supplemental agreement of July 3, 1917, be 
and the same is hereby revoked, and the following substituted therefor: 

"That the company 'will dress, dye, and machine at its said plant all skins shipped 
to it by the Government, using therefor the processes which it is now using or any 



38 FUR-SEAL SKIN SALES. 

process which may be an improvement on the process it is now using, the company's 
charges for such services to be as set forth herein, which charges the company is hereby 
authorized and directed to retain from the proceeds of the sale of any and all such 
skins sold by the company for account of the Government, it being understood and 
agreed that each and all of the provisions, stipulations, and conditions of the said 
original agreement of August 30, 1915, except the date of expiration, relating to the 
sale of the sealskins and fox skins for the Government, shall be and are hereby made a 
part of this supplemental agreement, and are made applicable to the sale of the skins 
dressed, dyed, and machined as herein provided. 

"Sealskins will be dressed, dyed, and machined by the company at the following 
graduated prices, which are based on the total number of skins taken by the Govern- 
ment each calendar year. Included in such number and for such prices are the skins 
credited to or belonging to the Governments of Great Britain and Japan, under the 
convention of July 7, 1911. 

Per skin. 

15,000 or less per annum $10. 00 

Exceeding 15,000 but not exceeding 20,000 per annum 9. 75 

Exceeding 20,000 but not exceeding 25,000 per annum 9. 70 

Exceeding 25,000 but not exceeding 30,000 per annum 9. 65 

Exceeding 30,000 but not exceeding 35,000 per annum 9. 55 

Exceeding 35,000 but not exceeding 40,000 per annum 9. 35 

Exceeding 40,000 but not exceeding 45,000 per annum 9.25 

Exceeding 45,000 but not exceeding 50,000 per annum 9. 00 

Exceeding 50 ,000 per annum 8. 90 

"The following special prices will be charged for the dressing, dyeing, machining,, 
and finishing of skins of size ordinarily designated as "extra extra large" and "wigs, " 
namely, for skins whose length when dressed and dyed equals 49 inches and does not 
exceed 55 inches, $19 per skin; and for skins whose length when dressed and dyed is 
over 55 inches, $20 per skin. " 

Seventh. That paragraph 7 of the said supplemental agreement of July 3, 1917, be, 
and the same is hereby, revoked, and the following substituted therefor: 

"That when sealskins shall have been dressed, dyed, and machined as herein pro- 
vided for, and while in possession of the company thereafter, they shall be insured 
against loss by fire and all due and customary precautions shall be taken by the com- 
pany for the safeguarding of all of the said skins, the expenses thereof to be borne 
by the company." 

Eighth. It is understood and agreed by the parties hereto that this supplemental 
contract and all the provisions thereof shall be subject to any legislation that may 
hereafter be enacted by Congress relative to the subject matter hereof, and also to such 
rules and regulations as may be adopted from time to time by the Secretary of Com- 
merce. 

Ninth. Pursuant to section 3741 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, it is 
further agreed that no Member of or Delegate to Congress, or a Resident Commissioner, 
or any officer or employee of the Government, or other person whose name is not at 
this time disclosed, shall be admitted to any share or interest in this contract or to any 
benefit to arise therefrom, and that this supplemental contract shall be subject in all 
respects to the provisions of sections 114, 115, and 116 of the Criminal Code of the United 
States, so far as the same may be applicable. 

Tenth. That, unless sooner terminated, this supplemental contract shall continue 
in force and effect until the 15th day of December, 1926. 

Eleventh. That the parties hereto hereby expressly agree that the said original 
contract dated August 30. 1915. and the supplemental contract dated July 3, 11)17, 
shall be and the same are hereby extended in all their provisions except as herein 
modified to the 15th day of December, 1926. 

Twelfth. That the parties hereto further covenant and agree that nothing contained 
herein shall be construed as altering, affecting, or modifying any of the provisions, 
terms, or conditions of the said original contract of August 30, 1915, or of the said 
supplemental contract of July 3, 1917, not herein expressly altered, changed, or 
modified. 

Signed in duplicate by the parties hereto this 20th day of June. 1919. ♦ 

United States of America. 

[seal.] By Edwin F. Sweet, 

Acting Secretary of Commerce. 
Funsten Bros. & Co., 
By P. B. FofJKE, President. 

[corporate seal.] D. J. Halley, Secretary. 



FUR-SEAL, SKIN SALES. 39 

I, D. J. Halley, do hereby certify that I reside at St. Louis, Mo., and am the sec- 
retary of Funston Bros. & Co., the corporation described in and which executed the 
foregoing contract, and that as such I have custody of its records and seal; that the 
said corporation is organized under the laws of the State of Illinois; that the corporate 
seal affixed to said instrument is the seal of said corporation and was thereto affixed 
by order of its board of directors; that P. B. Fouke is the president of said corporation 
and was duly authorized to execute said instrument in its behalf; that I know the 
signature of said officer, and that the signature affixed to such instruments is his 
signature; that the following is a true and correct copy of so much of the by-laws or 
resolutions of said company or its board of directors as confers authority to execute 
said contract, upon the said officer who executed them: 

"Sec. 7 (Subsec. 1). Duties of president. — The president shall execute all bonds, 
contracts, or other instruments requiring to be made or executed for and on behalf 
of the company; he shall sign all bills, notes, and drafts, and indorse same when 
required by the needs of the business. He shall also have the power to sign checks 
and indorse same." 

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said cor- 
poration at St. Louis, Mo., this 23d day of June, 1919. 

D. J: Halley, Secretary. 

(Affix corporate seal.) 



Whereas the Government of the United States is the owner and has and will have 
under its control certain sealskins and certain fox skins which have been or may 
be taken annually on the Pribilof Islands, the taking and disposal of which are, in 
accordance with and subject to existing laws, under control of the Secretary of Com- 
merce; 

And whereas it appears to the satisfaction of the Secretary of Commerce that the 
financial condition of the Funsten Bros. & Co., a corporation organized and existing 
under the laws of the State of Illinois, which corporation has heretofore been employed 
as an agency for the sale of fox skins and the dyeing, dressing, machining, and sale 
of sealskins, is such as to jeopardize the interests of the United States if permitted to 
further act as such agency; 

And whereas the Fouke Fur Co., a corporation organized and existing under the 
laws of the State of Delaware, is authorized to conduct the business of storing, work- 
ing, dyeing, dressing, machining, and selling of seal and other skins; 

And whereas it is deemed for the best interests of the United States that the business 
of handling and selling the seal and fox skins taken and to be taken as aforesaid, in 
accordance with the act of April 21, 1910 (36 Stat. 326), and the act of August 24, 1912 
(37 Stat. 499), be conducted by the Secretary of Commerce through the agency of the 
said Fouke Fur Co.: 

Now, therefore, this agreement made and entered into this 15th day of February , 
1921, by and between the United States of America (hereinafter designated as the 
Government), by Joshua W. Alexander, Secretary of Commerce, party of the first 
part, and the Fouke Fur Co. (hereinafter designated as the company), party of the 
second part. 

Witnesseth, that for and in consideration of the covenants and agreements herein- 
after stated, the Government will turn over to or ship to the company at St. Louis, Mo., 
such sealskins and fox skins as are under its control or are taken annually by it at the 
Pribilof Islands and are available for sale by the Government, and the company will 
receive and accept the same at said city of St. Louis, Mo., as a consignment from the 
Government, to be sold by the company at public auction in the city of St. Louis; or 
to have dressed and dved'and then sold by the company at public auction in the city 
of St. Louis, on behalf of the Government, upon the terms and conditions following, 
that is to say: 

First. All freight charges and other expenses involved in the transportation ot said 
sealskinsand said fox skins from San Francisco. Calif.. Seattle. Wash., or other port to 
which they may be brought, to the warehouse of the company at St. Louis, including 
advance charges at San Francisco, Calif., Seattle. Wash., or other port to which they 
may be brought, and carriage at St. Louis, shall be paid by the company and deducted 
from the proceeds of sales as hereinafter provided. 

Second. After the receipt of said sealskins and said fox skins at the warehouse ot t he 
company in St. Louis, and while in the possession of the company thereafter and until 
they shall have been dved, dressed, and sold, as provided for herein, they shall be kept 
insured by the said companv against any loss by fire, and all due and customary pre- 
cautions shall be taken by the company for the safe-keeping of said skins and to pre- 
vent deterioration, the expenses thereof being borne by the company. 



40 FUR-SEAL SKIN SALES. 

Third. Said sealskins and said fox skins shall be sold by the company at public 
auction in the city of St. Louis, Mo., on such terms as will require payment therefor 
in not to exceed 90 days, and at such time or times as shall be deemed most advan- 
tageous to the Government. The company shall promptly advise the Secertary of 
Commerce of the time when it proposes to make such sale, and the Secretary of Com- 
merce shall have the right, not less than 15 days before the time at which said sale is 
appointed to be held, to change the time and determine when such sale shall occur. 
At such sale or sales, the Secretary of Commerce or his duly authorized representative 
shall have the right to withdraw from sale said sealskins and fox skins or any lot or 
lots thereof, at any time before the same shall be actually sold. 

Fourth. The company shall render to the Secretary of Commerce just and proper 
accounts of the gross proceeds of any and all sales of said sealskins and said fox skins 
offered by it, and of all sums received and paid by it, and will keep such accounts 
in proper books which shall be deemed the property of the Government. And the 
Secretary of Commerce shall at all times be at liberty, either personally or by agent 
duly authorized by him, to inspect and carry away such books, or demand and carry 
away copies of, or extracts from, such books. 

Fifth. The company shall remit and pay to the Secretary of Commerce the net 
proceeds of any and all sales of said seal and said fox skins effected by it, such net 
proceeds to be determined as hereinafter pro Added, within 100 days after such sales 
shall have occurred. 

Sixth. If the Government shall deem it advisable or necessary, the company will, 
during the term of this contract, during the fur-seal killing season each year, send to 
the Pribilof Islands not to exceed five experts experienced in the killing and skinning 
of seals and the salting of sealskins, as the Government may direct, for the purpose 
of cooperating with the department's representatives and of instructing and assisting 
the natives and others engaged in such work, in order that skins taken by the Govern- 
ment may be secured and handled in the best possible manner. 

Seventh. That the salaries and compensation of such experts, as well as all other 
expenses incidental to their employment, shall be paid by the company, and all 
traveling and subsistence expenses from St. Louis to the Pribilof Islands and return 
shall be borne by the Government, and the Government shall furnish said experts with 
board and lodging while on the said Pribilof Islands for the purposes aforesaid. 

Eighth. That the company will, during the term of this contract, on or before the 
1st day of May in each year, advance to a representative of the Government, to be 
designated by the Secretary of Commerce, such sum as shall be determined by the 
Government to be necessary to enable its representatives to pay such compensation 
for services as shall be fixed by the said Secretary of Commerce to persons engaged in 
killing and skinning foxes and seals and salting and handling said skins, or otherwise 
employed in connection therewith, preparatory to the sale of said skins, it being 
understood and agreed that the company will deduct from any payment of net 
proceeds to be made as provided for in paragraph fifth the advance made by it as 
aforesaid . 

Ninth. In making up the account of the sales of said sealskins and said fox skins, 
and in order to ascertain the net proceeds thereof, the company shall be entitled to 
receive and retain out of the gross proceeds of said sales the commission hereinafter 
specified as and for full compensation for all services it may render and all expenses 
it may incur in connection with the storage, sorting, protecting, insurance as afore- 
said, and proper care of all of said skins, and advertising and sale thereof, and shall 
also deduct all amounts advanced to pay costs of and expenses incidental to the 
transportation as provided in paragraph first hereof, and for any time in excess of 
six months during which skins are held by the company by reason of the postpone- 
ment of any sale as hereinbefore provided for, the company shall be allowed to charge 
for storage at regular market rates, and the amount remaining, subject to the provisions 
hereinafter stated, shall be the net proceeds of said sales and payable to the Secretary 
of Commerce. 

Tenth. All casks in which said sealskins and said fox skins are packed, and all 
surplus salt which may come from said skins, shall, if the same has a salable value, be 
sold by the company and full amodnt of the proceeds shall be accounted for and paid 
over by the company to the Secretary of Commerce when settlement for the proceeds 
of the sale of said skins shall be made. 

Eleventh. All contracts made by the company relating to said sealskins and said 
fox skins for their transportation or their care and protection pending sale, and 
for the sale and delivery thereof, and all contracts or policies of insurance against 
risks of transportation, fire, and otherwise, may be made by the company in its own 
name, but the same shall inure to the benefit of the Government; and all claims for 



FUR-SEAL, SKIN SALES. 



41 



loss of said sealskins and said fox skins, or any or either of them, or for damage thereto, 
which the company may be entitled to make or shall collect against common carriers; 
or loss or damage by reason of failure to safely and duly transport and deliver such 
skins, shall likewise inure to the benefit of and be paid to the Government, less the 
legal charge for collection. 

Twelfth. When directed by the Secretary of Commerce, the company shall secure 
marine and transportation insurance, the necessary cost thereof to be paid by the com- 
pany and deducted from any payment of net proceeds to be made as provided for in 
the fifth paragraph hereof. 

Thirteenth. During the term of the existence of this contract, the following com- 
missions shall be paid to the company as and for full compensation for all services 
it may render and all expenses it may incur in connection with the storage '(except 
skins ordered held longer than six months as provided in paragraph ninth), sorting, 
protection, insurance as provided in paragraph second, and the proper care of all 
said skins, and the advertising and sale thereof: 

1. If the total number of sealskins and fox skins combined to be sold, consigned in 
any one year to the company, shall not exceed 20.000. the rate of commission figured 
on the basis aforesaid shall be i per cent. 

2. If such total number shall exceed 20.000, but not exceed 30.000, the rate of such 
commission shall be 35 per cent. 

3. If such total number shall exceed 30.000, but not exceed 40,000. the rate of such 
commission shall be 3A per cent. 

4. If such total number shall exceed 40,000, but not exceed 50,000, the rate of such 
commission shall be 3 J per cent. 

5. If such total number shall exceed 50,000, the rate of such commission shall be 
3 per cent. 

Fourteenth. In consideration of the premises, and especially of the compensation 
provided for in this agreement, the company hereby agrees, subject to the provisions 
of paragraph 15 hereof, to do or have done the dressing, dyeing, and machining of all 
sealskins turned over to it for this purpose, in accordance with the process heretofore 
used in the dyeing, dressing, and machining of skins by the Gibbins & Lohn Dressing & 
Dyeing Co., or to have the said dyeing, dressing and machining done in such other 
manner as shall be satisfactory to the Secretary of Commerce. 

Fifteenth. For the dyeing, dressing, and machining of sealskins, as provided for in 
paragraph 14, the company shall be entitled to make charges in accordance 
with the following graduated scale of prices, which are based on the total number of 
sealskins taken by the Government each calendar year, the amounts of which charges 
the company is authorized and directed to retain from the proceeds of the sale of any 
and all such skins sold by the company for account of the Government. Such skins 
as are credited to or belong to the Governments of ( Ireat Britain and Japan, under the 
convention of July 7 7, 1911, which are turned over to the company for dyeing, dress- 
ing, and machining, shall be included in the number on which the compensation is 
based. 

The graduated scale of prices herein referred to, arranged in the form of a table, 
shows the price per skin. The figures in the first column indicate the minimum and 
maximum number of sealskins taken by the Government, on which the unit price 
is based. The figures at the top of the second, third, fourth, lifth, and sixth columns 
indicate the years in which the skins may be taken. 





1021 


1922 


1923 


1924 


1925 




$16. 50 
16. 50 
16.50 
16.50 


$15. 50 
15. 50 
15. 50 
15. 50 


$14. 50 
It. 00 
13. 50 
L3.00 


$13.50 
13.00 
12..50 

U. 0.1 


$12. 50 


35 001 to 45 000 


12.00 


45 001 to 50 000 


11.50 




11.00 







Upon the execution of this contract the company shall advance and pay to the Fun- 
sten Bros. & Co. $200,000, which is to be in full payment of any and all charges which 
the said Funsten Bros. & Co. may have made or may make to cover advances made by 
the said Funsten Bros. & Co. in connection with the transportation, insurance, storage, 
dyeing, dressing, and machining of all skins now belonging to the Government, and 
shall obtain and deliver to the Secretary of Commerce a receipt from the said Funsten 
Bros. & Co. showing that the said $200,000 has been received by it and that it releases 
and discharges the Government from any other or further payment in connection 
with the execution of any and all of the contracts and agreements heretofore existing 
bv and between the United States and the said Funsten Bros. & Co. 



42 FUR-SEAL SKIN SALES. 

The company further specially agrees that no charge shall be made for the trans- 
portation, insurance, storage, dyeing, dressing, and machining of the first 16,000 skins 
which may be sold by the company for and on account of the Government, the com- 
pany being entitled to charge for the dyeing, dressing, and machining of all skins, 
exclusive of the first 16,000, sold by it for and on account of the Government, the prices 
as fixed in the table of prices above in this paragraph set forth, in consideration of 
which special agreement, the Government specially agrees that, from the first sale of 
skins made by the company for and on account of the Government, the company 
shall deduct and retain, in addition to the commissions provided for in paragraph 
thirteenth hereof, f 125,000, and from the proceeds of the second sale of skins made by 
the company for and on account of the Government, the company shall deduct and re- 
tain, in addition to the commissions provided for in paragraph thirteenth hereof, 
$75,000. 

The prices fixed in this paragraph for dyeing, dressing, and machining of sealskins 
for the year 1925 shall continue in force after the calendar year 1925 until the termi- 
nation of this contract unless by mutual consent expressed in writing the said prices 
are raised or lowered to meet changed conditions. 

Sixteenth. That the company will, during the term of this agreement, at its own 
expense and without any cost or charge whatsoever to the Government, by inserting 
advertisements in the proper technical press and by circulating, distributing, and 
mailing circulars, bulletins, letters, etc., and by other proper methods, advertise the 
sale of and the quality and advantages of sealskins dressed and dyed by the said 
process, with the view of informing the public as to the merits of such process and of 
inducing a more general use of sealskins than prevails at the present time. 

Seventeenth. If required by the Secretary of Commerce, the company agrees to 
furnish a bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to 
the Secretary of Commerce, conditioned upon the faithful performance of each and 
every covenant and agreement to be performed by the company under the provisions 
hereof. 

Eighteenth. Unless sooner terminated by agreement under seal of the parties 
hereto or otherwise terminated by any legal process, this contract shall continue in 
force and effect until the 15th day of February, 1931. ' 

Nineteenth. It is understood and agreed by the parties hereto that this contract 
and all the provisions thereof shall be subject to any legislation that may hereafter 
be enacted by Congress relative to the subject matter hereof, and also to such rules and 
regulations as may be adopted, from time to time, by the Secretary of Commerce. 

Twentieth. Pursuant to section 3741 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, 
it is further agreed that no Member of or 1 >elegate to Congress, or Resident Com- 
missioner, or any officer or employee of the Government or other person whose name 
is not at this time disclosed, shall be admitted to any share or interest in this contract, 
or to any benefit to arise therefrom; and that this contract shall be subject in all 
respects to the provisions of sections 114, 115, and 116 of the Criminal Code of the 
United States, so far as the same may be applicable. 

Signed in duplicate by the parties hereto the day and year first above written. 

[seal]. United States of America, 

By Joshua W. Alexander. Secretary oj Ccrnimerct . 

The Fouke Fur Co. (Inc.) 
By P. B. Fouke, President. 

Signed, sealed, and delivered in the presence of: 
E. It. Magie. 
H. M. Smith. 
E. F. Sweet. 



MEMORANDUM AGREEMENT. 

Entered into by the Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the United States, and P. B. 
Fouke, president of the Fouke Fur Co., relative to contract entered into on the 15th 
day of February, 1921, concerning the sale of fox skins and the dyeing, dressing, 
machining, and sale of sealskins from the Pribilof Islands, Alaska. 

Referring to contract dated February 15, 1921 , by and between the United States of 
America, by Joshua W. Alexander, Secretary of Commerce, and the Fouke Fur Co., 
by P. B. Fouke, president, for the sale of fox skins, and the dyeing, dressing, machin- 
ing, and sale of sealskins, the undersigned mutually agree that said contract, re- 
ferred to above, be modified in the following particulars: 



FUR-SEAL. SKIN SALES. 43 

1. The first paragraph of the terms and conditions of the contract referred to above 
is modified to read as follows: "The freight charges and other expenses involved in 
the transportation of said seal and fox skins from San Francisco, Calif., Seattle, Wash., 
or other port to which they may be brought, to the warehouse of the company at St. 
Louis, Mo., including any advance charges at San Francisco, Calif., Seattle, Wash., or 
other port to which they may be brought, shall be paid by the company when so 
requested by the Secretary of Commerce and such payments shall be deducted from 
the proceeds of sales as provided for in the contract of February 15, 1921. The Gov- 
ernment, however, reserves the right to transport said seal and fox skins on Government 
bill of lading and to pay for such shipments from the proceeds of sales. " 

2. The following paragraph is hereby incorporated and made a part of the terms and 
conditions of the contract above referred to: 

"Eight (a). It is understood and agreed by the parties hereto that the company will, 
on request of the Secretary of Commerce, assume and pay all necessary expenses for 
supplies and materials, including salt, casks, twine, and other articles required in the 
taking, curing, handling, and shipment of seal and fox skins and will deduct such 
payments from any proceeds of sales of said seal and fox skins. " 

The parties hereto further covenant and agree that nothing contained herein shall be 
construed as altering, affecting, or modifying any of the provisions, terms, or conditions 
of original contract above referred to not herein expressly altered, affected, or modified. 
Signed in duplicate by the parties hereto this 25th day of February, 1921. 

United States Department of Commerce, 
By Joshua W. Alexander, 

Secretary of Commerce. 
Fouke Fur Company. 
By P. B. Fouke, 

President 
Witnesses: 

William B. Yancey. 
A. Murphy. 

o 



